The Massachusetts Parole Board has denied parole for Wayland Coleman, a man serving a life sentence for the 1997 murder of a teenager in Worcester.

In a decision dated Oct. 14, the board stated that Coleman has not shown a level of rehabilitation that would make his release compatible with the welfare of society. His case will be reviewed again in three years.

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Coleman was 19 years old on May 25, 1997, when a fight broke out as a crowd left the Eden Restaurant on Water Street. During the altercation, Coleman got a gun from a car and shot 17-year-old Neal-Sabree McClain, who was unarmed, at close range. According to the board’s case summary, Coleman shot McClain a second time as he lay on

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