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William Allen urged the Governor’s Council to commute his sentence from first- to second-degree murder, making him eligible for parole.
Allen and another prisoner would be the first lifers to have their sentences commuted in 25 years.
For the second time in as many weeks, the Governor's Council reviewed a request to commute the life in prison sentence of a man convicted of murder.
Patriots player Devin McCourty said he was struck by William Allen's desire to help people whether he stayed in prison or not.
The Baker-Polito Administration announced Wednesday, that two Brockton men are getting their sentences commuted for murders they were convicted of decades ago.