The Liberty Voice reported Thursday that on Wednesday, May 14, families of homicide victims gathered at the Massachusetts State House in protest of a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling that will allow juveniles convicted of first-degree murder a chance at parole.
Yesterday families of homicide victims gathered at the Massachusetts State House to protest a Supreme Judicial Court ruling which will allow a chance at parole for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. Representatives of murder victims Beth Brodie, Amy Carnevale, Janet Downing, Lewis Jennings and Bonnie Sue Mitchell met at noon to present 15,000 signatures in protest of the recent ruling.
“The call came on Christmas Eve,” said Erin Downing, 37, of Boston.
Downing’s mother, Janet, was murdered, stabbed 98 times by her brother’s best friend Edward O’Brien in 1995. The then 15-year-old O’Brien was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. But that could change.
