Emotional: Karter Reed, 31, breaks down in tears during his parole hearing yesterday. He is seeking parole from his sentence for killing Jason Robinson at Dartmouth High in 1993.
Through heaving sobs and tears, a former teen murderer who was sent to prison for life asked the state’s parole board yesterday to let him out early, saying he’s atoned for killing a 16-year-old inside a high school classroom 15 years ago. “I beg you to show me mercy,” pleaded Karter Reed, now 31, who is serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the senseless stabbing of Jason Robinson. The morning of April 12, 1993, Reed and two of his friends went to Dartmouth High School looking to settle a beef with another student, but Reed ended up killing Robinson, an innocent bystander. Reed, whose second-degree murder sentence makes him eligible for parole after 15 years, said through education, counseling and a youth outreach program he’s accepted responsibility for what he did. “I have been committed to changing myself in every possible way,” said Reed. “I’m strongly committed to the process of atonement because I understand I can never give back what I took.” Some parole board members, though, seemed unconvinced that Reed was ready for release, while others asked probing questions about Reed’s childhood and relationship with his father, who was sent to prison for drug dealing when Reed was 15. “I don’t think you are there yet,‘ said board member Pamela Lombardini. “I think you are saying what you think we all would like to hear.” Mark Conrad, a former Milton police officer, at times seemed skeptical of Reed’s claim that for the past 10 years in prison he had fully accepted responsibility for what he did. “Do you think 10 years is long enough for a life?” he asked. To that, a crying Reed replied: “Ten years is not long enough for a life. I am simply asking this board to grant me an opportunity to serve the remainder of my sentence in the community.” Twenty-three people showed up to support Reed, including his mother, who asked the board to release Reed. Robinson’s sister, brother and father gave emotional accounts of how their lives were destroyed by Reed’s actions. “For 15 years my brother has been in his grave,” said Robinson’s sister, Shauna Robinson. “There are no chances for Jason. He can’t get released for good behavior. There should be no second chances for his killer either.” The six-member board will make a decision in six to eight weeks.
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