After 41 years, mass. Man to leave the prison for crime he had committed as a teenager

In six months, a man from Massachusetts will leave the prison after 41 years to a crime he committed as a teenager.

On November 2, 1982, the 19 -year -old Milton Walker shot Thomas O'Donnell in Jamaica Plain.

A married couple who lived near the shootout saw a car with three people, including O'Donnell, parked on the street.

The couple saw how O'Donnell carries away from the car and fell to the ground. They covered him with blankets and saw a knife on the floor nearby. There was also glass.

The couple could not identify the two men in the car. However, the car belonged to the mother of Walker's friend Daryl Diamond.

Later in the afternoon, Walker and Diamond brought the car to a glass repair workshop.

The medical examiner said that O'Donnell's cause of death was a gunshot wound with his stomach that traveled through his body in a straight line. Based on the ball track through O'Donnell's body and holes in the back seat of the car, officials said that O'Donnell had been shot in the car.

A woman also said she spoke to Walker in Diamond's sord of which. She said she noticed blood on Walker's left sleeve and asked him about it. Walker replied that he shot a white man who threatened him with a knife during a drug contract in the car, the probation authority said. The woman noticed a weapon and a bag of marijuana on the kitchen table.

Later the woman said she looked out of the kitchen window and saw Walker wiped the back seat of the car.

Walker said he acted in self -defense after O'Donnell broke the side window of the passenger, pushed a knife into Walker's neck and asked to be drained from the car.

On February 2, 1984, Walker was convicted of murder after a court proceedings in front of the Suffolk Supreme Court of Suffolk for the death of O'Donnell. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without probation.

According to a recent decision by the Supreme Court that states between the ages of 18 and 20 cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of probation, but he received a probation that states cannot be condemned to live in prison. Due to the decision, Walker was able to go to the probation helper for the first time in December.

Walker began working on his self -development before he was entitled to probation, including combating conflict resolution, the empathy of the victim, restorative justice and the training of dogs.

He also acquired professional skills and works as a cleaner.

The deputy district prosecutor of Suffolk County and the victim's brother spoke against the now 61-year-old, who became probation.

But the probation assistant decided that he deserves a second chance.

After six months in lower security, he receives probation.

He will have electronic monitoring and drug tests for six months. He will not have contact with the victim's family and must have mental health advice to adapt and depression.