A man who as a teen killed an “elderly” pair in a “vicious, senseless” slaying is being freed by the state’s parole board.

William Shipps back in the 1980s was sentenced to life without parole after he was convicted of first-degree murder for the double killing of 79-year-old John Lucey and 68-year-old Esther King.

Shipps, then 16 years old, shot and killed the brother and sister while robbing their Stoughton home on July 24, 1982.

Shipps became eligible for parole following the 2013 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Diatchenko — which ruled that juvenile lifers have an opportunity for release.

Shipps in 2021 was denied parole following an initial hearing, but the Massachusetts Parole Board recently granted the 59-year-old man’s release despite opposition from the Norf

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