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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — A Louisiana man and another friend convicted of murdering his roommate in 1979 have been released after serving 42 years. His life sentence was recently commuted by the state. board.
The Louisiana Pardon and Parole Board pleaded guilty to charges of stabbing Michael Brown and Evelyn McIntyre in 1981 and agreed to life imprisonment. Passed 1 to 1. The commission's decision was reached after a hearing lasting about 90 minutes with testimony from relatives of the victims. Almost all of them opposed his release.
Chenebert, 64, settles with his wife, whom he married while imprisoned in 2001, far from his native Baton Rouge. Said he was making plans.
Chenebert, the son of a Baton Rouge Police Lieutenant, said that when board member Cheryl Lanatza cast the deciding vote, Pearl said Wise voted for his release, and Bonnie said Jackson. cried when they voted against it, the advocate reported.
Chenebert agreed to restrictions that included leaving Louisiana and not returning without permission from the parole officer.
"You've done harm, you've healed yourself and now you're healing others," Wise said at the meeting via videoconference web his feed from Louisiana State Prison in Angola. told Chenevert.
Chenebert said he was 21 when he stabbed 26-year-old Brown and his 18-year-old McIntyre. He surrendered a few days later.
He avoided the death penalty in a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in exchange for his life with no possibility of parole.
The State Board of Amnesty and Parole voted 4 to 1 after a hearing in December to commutate his sentence, citing his good conduct and his participation in several reintegration programs. Participation, low risk assessment scores, and others.
On Monday, Chenevert described himself as a devout Christian.
"I am not the devil," said Chenebert. "I am the face of rehab."
He apologized directly to relatives in Brown and McIntyre. No,' he said.
Brown's wife, Judy Posh, said the reason she was able to move on after the murder was years ago when prosecutors said Chenebert
McIntyre's family continues to strongly oppose Chenevert's release.・Guy was disappointed with the system that promised his parents that Chenebert would be in prison for the rest of his life. That's not what they agreed on," she said.
In addition to leaving Louisiana, Chenevert is required to complete twenty hours of his community service each month and is prohibited from contacting the victims' families.
