In 2023, a Massachusetts man was granted parole. But he was first required to spend 18 months in a lower security prison.

He never made it outside prison walls.

Miguel Valentin‘s 2023 parole was rescinded due to “troubling disciplinary reports,” according to the Massachusetts Parole Board.

He went in front of the parole board again on June 17. But in November, the board became split over giving him parole again as three board members voted to grant parole, while three board members voted to deny parole.

“Due to a split vote, parole is denied with a review in 1 year from the date of the hearing,” the board wrote in its Nov. 5 decision .

On Dec. 14, 1992, then 17-year-old Valentin used a sawed-off shotgun to fatally shoot 18-year-old Alexander Rodriguez in Jamaica Plain.

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