Although Sullivan County District Attorney General Barry Staubus pleaded with the board to deny parole for James Hamm Jr. at the latest hearing, a parole hearing for James Hamm Jr. will be held once again on February 1, 2022. Hamm is convicted of driving drunk and killing a former Tennessee state representative, Mike Locke, in 2014.Hamm was found guilty of vehicular homicide by intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident with death – and sentenced to 15 years in prison.Hamm asked for release from jail on August 5. The parole board members hearing the case recommended it be re-heard in February.