Editor’s note: This moving eulogy was presented by Lee Lasher at his father’s funeral on May 16, 2022. Today is a day of profound sorrow and sadness, yet I don’t want to talk about my dad’s death, but his life.
Eleven out of 15 inmates considered for release last week have been granted parole, including prisoners convicted of murder, manslaughter, and other violent crimes, according to a news release from the V.I. Bureau of Corrections.
The V.I. Parole Board determined that four inmates should not be granted parole at this time, including Winston Carter, convicted of first-degree assault; Jermall Evans, convicted of first-degree robbery; and Rusiel Encarnacion, convicted of third-degree robbery.
The fourth inmate denied parole, Jahzeel Fenton, was convicted of first-degree assault, domestic violence. Fenton was 17 years old when he shot a woman in the stomach in front of her young children in March 2010.
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