Twenty-one first-degree murderers set free under state's new compassionate release law
Twenty-one first-degree murderers set free under stateâs new compassionate release law Critics want legislation to bar first-degree murderers from being released By Shelley Murphy and Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated March 14, 2021, 5:49 p.m. Email to a Friend Maureen Regan Moriarty held a photo of her father, John Regan, while sitting in her living room.Erin Clark/Globe Staff John Stote was serving a mandatory life sentence for the 1995 murder of a Springfield restaurant owner when he was released in January on medical parole. At the time, the 61-year-old was hospitalized with COVID-19 ...