Brockton father awaits parole of his commuted son William Allen enterprisenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enterprisenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After 25 years, a once-common practice returned to Beacon Hill on Wednesday with the commutations of two first-degree murder sentences, a move that advocates said can bring hope to others
A once-common practice returned to Beacon Hill with the commutations of two first-degree murder sentences, a move advocates said brings hope to others.
Plymouth County DA recommends Brockton s William Allen for commutation enterprisenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enterprisenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
That is the moment when four Brockton detectives arrested a confused Allen on suspicion of murder.
Now a group called the Second-Chance Justice Campaign is hoping to change his life again.
Court records indicate Allen and his friend Roland Perry were seen entering an apartment on 41 Spring St. wearing ski masks and wielding knives the day before Allen was arrested, based off the testimony of an eye witness.
They were attempting to rob Purvis Bester after Perry received information about the drugs he had in his possession. According to the facts of the case signed off on by Allen s court-appointed attorney William Leonard