Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Massachusetts Returns Murderer to Tennessee

Why not? They sent one here.

"Mass. gives first-of-its-kind parole approval; Eventual release for man convicted of murder as juvenile" by Travis Andersen and Peter Schworm | Globe Staff   June 06, 2014

The Massachusetts Parole Board, for the first time in its history, approved Thursday the eventual release of a man convicted as a juvenile of first-degree murder, in a decision that was hailed by advocates but that outraged family and friends of the victims of a 1994 double slaying in Brockton.

The board, in a 6-to-0 vote, found that Frederick Christian, now 37, is a “suitable candidate for parole,” the first of as many as 65 inmates in Massachusetts convicted of first-degree murder as teenagers who are or will become eligible to seek their release under two recent court decisions.

Before going free, Christian must successfully complete an eight-week motivational enhancement program, followed by one year of additional confinement in a lower-security Massachusetts facility and prerelease program. Then he will be released to his home state of Tennessee, where he will be required to complete at least three months in a residential program....

I'm sure they are going to be pleased as punch he is running around again.

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Related:

"Teen accused in teacher’s murder investigated for assault" by John R. Ellement | Globe Staff   June 03, 2014

A woman working for the Department of Youth Services was allegedly attacked at the agency’s Dorchester facility on Monday by Philip D. Chism, the teenager accused of murdering a Danvers High School teacher in October.

“The Department of Youth Services is working closely with law enforcement to investigate an assault that took place on a member of the staff at our Dorchester facility,” the agency said in a statement released by its parent agency, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services....

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What prescription pharmaceuticals do they have him on?

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Philip Chism to be held in tighter security
Chism not being held by youth services agency, official says
Chism's Jism

I'm not trying to be funny, either.