The state parole board is freeing a convicted murderer who asked “What’s up now, sucker?” before he killed a man.

Nathaniel Harbin, 53 — who in 1997 was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole — has been granted parole.

During his sentencing, Harbin assaulted a prosecutor and he was criminally charged — resulting in an additional 6-month sentence to be served concurrently with his life sentence. Harbin also stabbed a fellow inmate, and he was sentenced to five years for that.

Harbin became parole eligible after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last year ruled that life without parole sentences are unconstitutional for “emerging adults” between the ages of 18 and 20.

The parole board granted his release despite opposi

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