Gardendale convicted murderer denied pardon

ALL RIGHT, JASON, WE LIKE FRESH AIR. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, A UNANIMOUS NO, THAT WAS A DECISION TODAY FROM THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE FOR A CONVICTED MURDERER. THE REQUEST COMING FROM JACKIE SUE NICHOLS, WHO KILLED A PHARMACIST IN GARDENDALE MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. WVTM THIRTEEN’S LISA CRANE WAS AT THAT HEARING TODAY IN MONTGOMERY. SHE TAKES YOU INSIDE THE COURTROOM WHEN THE RULING WAS ANNOUNCED. SHE ALSO TALKS TO THE VICTIM’S FAMILY, WHO SAYS THE RULES NEED TO CHANGE. TODAY, A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE MADE THE TRIP TO MONTGOMERY TO LET THE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE KNOW THEY HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT A 43 YEAR OLD GARDENDALE MURDER CASE IN 1980. PHARMACIST JOE PAGE WAS IN HIS STORE, J&J DRUGS, WHEN JACKIE SUE NICHOLS AND A MAN ROBBED AND SHOT HIM. SHE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE AND WAS PAROLED IN 1996. TODAY, SHE ASKED THE BOARD TO PARDON HER. SO SHE CAN BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY. WHEN I WAS INCARCERATED, I HAD A DAUGHTER AND SHE’S NOW 40 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO EVEN BE A DAUGHTER MOTHER, BECAUSE SHE’S IN FLORIDA AND I’M HERE AND I NOW HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDKIDS. AND I JUST ASK GOD TO PLEASE BLESS ME SO I CAN GO TO FLORIDA AND BE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND MY GRANDKIDS AFTER SEVERAL OF THE VICTIMS RELATIVES SPOKE IN PROTEST TO HER REQUEST, THE BOARD MADE THEIR DECISION. IT IS THE UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE BOARD THAT THAT APPLICATION WILL BE FULLY DENIED, EVEN WITH A VICTORY TODAY. PAGE’S CHILDREN SAY HAVING TO RELIVE THEIR TRAGEDY WITH EVERY REQUEST SHE MAKES IS A NIGHTMARE. THE WORST THING IS, IS WHAT IT DOES TO US EMOTIONALLY, BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE TRIED TO GO THROUGH IT. IT’S DONE. THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO. WE TRY TO HAVE THE HAPPY MEMORIES OF DADDY. AND THEN WHEN THIS COMES UP, THEN WE START REMEMBERING ALL OF THIS AGAIN AND IT’S VERY HARD. THE LAW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO KEEP DOING THIS. THE PAGES SAY PEOPLE CONVICTED OF CRIMES AS SERIOUS AS MURDER SHOULDN’T EVEN BE OFFERED THE OPTION OF A PARDON. BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, JACKIE SUE NICHOLS CAN MAKE THIS REQUEST AGAIN IN TWO YEARS. AND IF SHE DOES, THE PAGE IS VOWED TO BE HERE TO FIGH