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Christopher Hewitt, convicted of murder and assault 18 years ago, goes before parole board.

Victim's father and survivor Seth Coleman shared emotional testimonies about the 2007 attack.

Hewitt expressed remorse, highlighting anger management and drug abuse classes during incarceration.

SALT LAKE CITY — A man convicted of killing his friend and injuring another man 18 years ago in an unprovoked attack had his first parole hearing on Tuesday.

Christopher Allen Hewitt drove Benjamin Perkins-Link and his friend, Seth Coleman, who were both 19, to Neffs Canyon in August 2007, allegedly to hang out. But while Perkins-Link and Coleman were talking, Hewitt came up from behind and attacked them both with a 5-foot metal pole.

Coleman was able to get away. But Hewitt repeatedly hi

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