Man granted parole for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of 2 Dartmouth College professors

By KATHY McCORMACK
Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who’s served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas has been granted parole. James Parker was 16 when he was part of a conspiracy with his best friend that resulted in the deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop in Hanover, New Hampshire. Now nearly 40, he appeared before the state parole board on Thursday, years after pleading guilty to being an accomplice to second-degree murder and serving nearly the minimum term of his 25-years-to-life sentence. His lawyer says he’s taken many steps to rehabilitate himself.