FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
February 21, 2017
Steven T. Marshall
For More Information, contact:
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVEN T. MARSHALL:
PARDONS AND PAROLES BOARD MAKES RIGHT DECISION IN DENYING
PARDONS TO FORMER FRANKLIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CONVICTED OF CIVIL RIGHTS OFFENSES
(MONTGOMERY) – Alabama Attorney General Steven T. Marshall is pleased with the
State Pardons and Paroles Board decision to reverse 2012 and 2015 pardons for
convicted former Franklin County District Attorney John Frederick Pilati and require he
be placed back on the sex offender registry.
“John Pilati violated a solemn oath to protect and defend the people when he violated
the civil rights through sexual contact with five different young men while he was
district attorney,” said Attorney General Steven T. Marshall.
Pilati was convicted in federal court and sentenced in 2008 to 42 months in prison for
five civil rights offenses related to sexual assaults on young men who ranged in age
from 16 to 20.
“While Pilati served his sentence and was released in 2011, the nature of his crime
against his victims and the violation of his oath of office demand that he should not be
granted a pardon,” Attorney General Marshall added.
During Pilati’s pardon hearing today, Chief Deputy Alice Martin, who prosecuted the
case against Pilati, was successful in voiding the earlier pardons.
“I am pleased that the Board of Pardons and Paroles followed our recommendation to
deny his pardons,” Attorney General Marshall observed.
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