The state parole board is releasing a convicted first-degree assassin who was discovered responsible in reference to slaying a 79-year-old man.
Plymouth DA Timothy Cruz is slamming the parole board’s resolution to spring 59-year-old Michael Eagles, who was convicted of first-degree homicide and armed theft in 1987 for the loss of life of Lewis Jennings.
Eagles is about to be launched to Rhode Island and positioned along with his household beneath a house plan accepted by the Massachusetts Parole Board.
The Plymouth DA testified towards Eagles’ parole, and urged the parole board to think about the results of releasing Eagles on his sufferer’s surviving members of the family.
“The Jennings and Villaire families have endured decades of pain due to the callous actions of Michael Eagles and his co-conspirator,” Cruz stated after the parole board’s resolution. “Whereas the parole board says it thought of their opposition to Eagles’ launch when making its resolution, they clearly didn’t give it the complete consideration merited beneath the circumstances.
“Michael Eagles is now set to be released and given the chance to live close to his loved ones,” the DA added. “It is a fate undeserving for a man who ensured Lewis Jennings’ family would never be whole again.”
On July 29, 1986, Eagles and co-conspirator Jeffrey Roberio concocted a plan to interrupt into Jennings’ Middleboro residence and steal a big quantity money. Eagles was 20 years outdated on the time.
Throughout his listening to earlier than the state parole board, Eagles stated his motive for the theft was to gasoline his drug habit.
The pair broke into the Middleboro residence and beat Jennings whereas demanding to know the place he saved his cash. Roberio and Eagles then left a badly injured Jennings to succumb to his accidents whereas they made off along with his cash.
An post-mortem discovered that Jennings’ backbone had been fractured, an elbow had been dislocated, a number of ribs and neck bones had been fractured, and he suffered intensive accidents to his whole face.
Eagles was convicted of first-degree homicide and sentenced to life with out chance of parole. Then final 12 months, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court docket’s ruling in Commonwealth v. Mattis decided that life with out parole sentences are unconstitutional as utilized to “emerging adults” between the ages of 18 to twenty.
On account of this SJC resolution, Eagles grew to become eligible for parole.
“He has maintained sobriety for over three decades, has completed numerous rehabilitative programs, and presented with insight and as having matured and changed,” the parole board wrote in its resolution. “The Board thought of his age on the time of the offense and the knowledgeable opinion of Dr. Robert Kinscherff, who discovered him to be at low threat of recidivism violence.
“Mr. Eagles has worked consistently throughout his commitment,” the board added. “He is married and has the support of his wife and community. Mr. Eagles would likely benefit from parole supervision after a transitional period in lower security to maximize his potential for success on parole. The Board considered opposition testimony provided by Mr. Jennings’ family. The Board also considered opposition testimony from Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Karen Palumbo.”
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