The Heath High School shooting in western Kentucky was one of the first school massacres in the United States. The gunman is one of the only perpetrators to be considered for parole.
She titled her published memoir, “I Choose to be Happy.”
But Hollan Holm, whom Carneal shot in the scalp – and who suffered no permanent physical injuries yet endured emotional trauma for which he required counseling – said he will tell the board to free him if he can be placed somewhere where he is supervised and continues to receive treatment. The parole board could release him, defer his case for years or order him to serve out his life sentence.
Carneal declined to be interviewed. His parents, who have moved from Paducah to Northern Kentucky, plan to take him to their home in Cold Spring, according to a plan written for him by the Department of Public Advocacy. She said over the past 25 years, he has worked with mental health professionals to find medications that have stabilized him. “Since his crime ... Michael has shown genuine remorse and taken responsibility for the shooting,” Meyer said. Releasing Carneal would send the wrong message
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25 years after Kentucky school shooting, a chance at paroleWhen 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students during a before-school prayer meeting in 1997, school shootings were not yet a part of the national consciousness. The carnage that left three students dead and five more injured at Heath High School, near Paducah, Kentucky, ended when Carneal put down his weapon and the principal walked him to the school office — a scene that seems unimaginable today.
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