Steve Nodine, a former Mobile County Commissioner, was pardoned by Alabama’s Bureau of Pardons and Parole after serving two years for a 2010 murder accusation. Nodine, who pleaded an Alford plea to harassment and perjury in 2010, was released early and later sentenced to additional time for probation violations. The pardon clears his name, enabling him to pursue a mayoral campaign in Mobile, Alabama, which he abandoned in 2025 due to pardon delays.

His legal history includes federal charges for drug possession with a weapon, serving one year in prison. Nodine served on the Mobile County Commission from 2004–2010 and the city council for three years before his conviction.