The state’s Parole Board has denied the discharge of a convicted assassin who killed his armed theft accomplices over a stolen Purple Sox jacket.
Glenn Hart, 51, again in 1994 when he was 19, killed each 17-year-old Michael Moore and 21-year-old Pierre Pauleus in Rockland.
Every week earlier than the shootings, the trio had dedicated an armed theft in Brockton. The group robbed three males strolling down the road — together with stealing a Purple Sox jacket, which Hart saved.
Then the trio every week later argued over the Sox jacket whereas they had been at an residence. Hart left the residence, and instructed his accomplices he was going to get the jacket from his residence.
Hart retrieved the jacket, and returned to the residence. Then Hart, who was carrying the jacket, was let contained in the residence the place he shot Moore thrice and shot Pauleus as soon as. Hart additionally shot a 3rd individual within the arm, and that sufferer ended up surviving.
Finally in 1997, Hart was convicted of homicide within the first-degree, in addition to homicide within the second-degree. Hart was sentenced to life with out the potential of parole for first-degree homicide, and life with the potential of parole for second-degree homicide.
However then in 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court docket’s ruling in Commonwealth v. Mattis decided that life with out parole sentences had been unconstitutional as utilized to “emerging adults” between the ages of 18 and 20.
Quick ahead to Tuesday when the Massachusetts Parole Board denied Hart’s launch.
Hart appeared in entrance of the board on March 5, the place the Plymouth DA’s workplace appeared in opposition of Hart’s launch. The households of Hart’s victims additionally offered testimony urging the board to disclaim Hart’s request for parole.
“This defendant murdered two people over a jacket,” Plymouth DA Tim Cruz stated. “This was not a state of affairs the place the defendant was confronted with an unforeseeable occasion and overreacted within the warmth of the second. This was a homicide, deliberate utilizing ‘cold cognition,’ the place the defendant returned with a firearm to perform that finish.
“As a result of this decision, Hart became eligible for parole even though he is an adult in the eyes of the law,” the DA added. “Our office will continue to fight on behalf of victims in all its cases, and will continue to oppose the release of violent criminals who have forever harmed those in our communities.”
Whereas incarcerated for greater than three many years, Hart has racked up 32 disciplinary studies.
“The Board notes that Mr. Hart has engaged in programming while incarcerated, but the Board would like to see Mr. Hart engage in further programming to gain additional insight into his behavior and a deeper understanding of the triggers to violence he discussed with the Board at the hearing,” the board wrote in its resolution.
“The Board considered the mental health evaluation and testimony of Dr. Stephen Tabashneck, and the recent reentry plan and testimony provided by Kimberly Mortimer, LMHC,” the board added. “The Board considered testimony in support of parole from two friends of Mr. Hart. The Board considered testimony in opposition to parole from the victims’ family members. Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Arne Hantson also provided testimony in opposition to parole.”
His subsequent probability for parole shall be in two years.
