Connecticut's Board of Pardons and Paroles denied discretionary parole for a man convicted in the 1991 ambush killing of Connecticut State Police Trooper Russell Bagshaw.

This individual should spend the rest of his life in prison for this horrific crime. We will continue to stand with law enforcement, violent crime victims, and victims’ families,” the

A man convicted of in the 1991 shooting death of a Connecticut State Police trooper has been denied parole. Duane Johnson went before the state Board of Pardons and Parole on Friday. Johnson, along with his brother,

The Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles on Friday denied parole to Duane Johnson, convicted in the killing of state police Trooper Russell Bagshaw.

Duane Johnson tried to convince the board that his time in prison so far had sufficed, while Trooper Bagshaw's family asked the panel to uphold Johnson’s sentence.

A parole hearing was scheduled for Friday for a man convicted of shooting and killing a Connecticut state trooper in 1991.