Mass. teen was stabbed more than 20 times. 18 years later, his killer walks free
Hoping to 'settle the score' a group of mostly Massachusetts teenagers fatally attacked another teenager, stabbing him more than 20 times. After years in prison, one of the teen's killers is walking free.
On May 22, 2007, a group including 17-year-old Terrance Pabon decided there would be a 'one-on-one' fight between two groups associated with Havelock and Wilcock streets in Dorchester.
Arrangements were made to get 16-year-old Terrance Jacobs to Wilcock Street in order to 'settle the score' after Jacobs slashed a 14-year-old boy face with a razor, prosecutors said according to the Boston Herald.
Jacobs arrived on Wilcock Street along with many others. An argument quickly escalated and Jacobs was pushed, the parole board stated. One of Jacob's friends took out a gun and fired multiple shots. The gun shots didn't hit anyone, but the group began running.
Pabon and his group chased Jacobs and then stabbed him over 20 times before fleeing. Jacobs was taken to the hospital where he died.
At least six people were arrested in connection with the stabbing, although only five were indicted after a 16-year-old was found to have been an eyewitness but not a participant in the crime.
On May 25, 2010, a jury trial in Suffolk Superior Court convicted Pabon of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Pabon first went in front of the parole board in 2023.
Pabon said he was exposed to violence and crime from a very young age and was affiliated with a gang as an adolescent.
He was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 10 and left school in ninth grade, the board noted.
In 2023, the parole board was 'troubled' that he was returned to higher custody after nine months in minimum. They noted his lack of maturity, recklessness and impulsivity. He was denied parole and asked to remain disciplinary report-free and continue to engage in vocational and rehabilitative programming.
On Jan. 28, he returned to go in front of the parole board.
They noted he was part of the NEADS program and Restorative Justice. Three people spoke in support of parole, while Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Charles Marshall spoke in opposition to parole.
The parole board unanimously decided that Pabon has 'demonstrated a level of rehabilitation that would make his release compatible with the welfare of society.'
He will have electronic monitoring for six months and be supervised for drugs and is required to have mental health counseling.
Markeese Mitchell, who was 16 at the time of the crime, was also released on parole in 2023. Jacobs' mother spoke against Mitchell getting parole.
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