With 24 years and nine months of his sentence served, Michael Carneal, now 39, is seeking parole in what's one of the first known instances of a school shooter facing the possibility of leaving prison.
In this Dec. 1, 1997 file photo a Heath High School student screams at seeing the scene of a shooting at the school in Paducah, Ky.A Kentucky man currently serving a life sentence for a deadly 1997 school shooting said he feels responsible for school shootings that have happened in the U.S.
After hearing testimony from Carneal and several victims this week, the two members of the Kentucky parole board were unable to make a unanimous decision on his parole, sending the decision to the full board next week. The decades since the Paducah incident have seen the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, including inWhen asked about the school shootings that have followed, Carneal said, "I feel responsible for them on some level," in particular the 1999 shooting at Columbine that killed 12 students and a teacher. He said he felt suicidal after learning about Columbine and had to be hospitalized.At one point, the parole board members asked Carneal to name his eight victims.
"I have been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after living the consequence of Michael Carneal's decision, to not be able to walk," Smith said. "I'm forced to continue with every day getting harder and harder as the years pass during my life sentence. The future, and the fear of it, haunts me.
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