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This combination of photos provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections shows Chester Lee Patterson in 1971 and in Aug. 8, 2015. Patterson has been behind bars for 45 years. At 17, he fatally shot a store clerk during a robbery. He got life with the possibility of parole after 10 years. Patterson has earned degrees, completed a substance-abuse program, worked in the library, and avoided disciplinary tickets. He's also been denied parole at least five times, according to records. He's awaiting a decision after his most recent hearing in April 2017. "I am not that same 17-year-old kid. I will never commit another crime again," Patterson wrote to The Associated Press. "I caused a terrible tragedy for which I will always be sorry and shameful. What more can I say to the family? I have been here for almost a half of a century, and the parole board is still saying no." (MDOC via AP)
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FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows, Tommy Ray McAdoo, who is accused of robbing a Reno, Nev., bank with a steak knife. McAdoo faces 25 years in prison or more when he's scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Reno on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (Washoe County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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Heidi and Charles Edward Lepp sit in their Sacramento, Calif., home Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, discussing a shooting at the cannabis farm affiliated with their Rastafarian church in Dobbins, Calif., earlier in the day. Heidi Lepp received a call Tuesday morning that a worker at the Northern California farm was pulling up plants and was armed, prompting her to call the Yuba County Sheriff's Department. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
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Yuba County Sheriff Steven Durfor speaks to the media after a shooting in Marysville, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Two California sheriff's deputies were shot and wounded Tuesday after they responded to reports of an armed and agitated man pulling up plants in the garden of a rural Rastafarian church, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, Kanye West speaks at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. A lawsuit filed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, by representatives for West claims that insurers have failed to pay nearly $10 million for West’s canceled Saint Pablo Tour last year. The suit filed by Very Good Touring against several Lloyd’s of London syndicates alleges breach of contract and seeks punitive damages and attorney fees beyond the $9.8 million in concert losses. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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Joy Hofmeister, center, Oklahoma Superintendent of Schools, surrounded by her family, smiles during a news conference to announce that felony charges of illegally raising campaign money have been dismissed against her and four others, in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. From left are daughter Liz Hofmeister, husband Judge Jerry Hofmeister, Joy Hofmeister and son Jimmy Hofmeister. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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This Feb. 26, 2010 photo shows suspected Penske shooter Jesse James Warren entering Cobb County Superior court for a bond hearing. The man accused of killing four people and wounding a fifth in a 2010 Georgia workplace mass shooting has been involuntarily committed to a prison psychiatric hospital. Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 that Warren, of Temple, Georgia, opened fire at a Penske truck-leasing facility in Kennesaw on Jan. 12, 2010. Three men were killed that day, while a fourth succumbed to his injuries three years later. Another person was injured but survived. (Phil Skinner/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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This Feb. 26, 2010 photo shows suspected Penske shooter Jesse James Warren entering Cobb County Superior court for a bond hearing. The man accused of killing four people and wounding a fifth in a 2010 Georgia workplace mass shooting has been involuntarily committed to a prison psychiatric hospital. Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 that Warren, of Temple, Georgia, opened fire at a Penske truck-leasing facility in Kennesaw on Jan. 12, 2010. Three men were killed that day, while a fourth succumbed to his injuries three years later. Another person was injured but survived. (Phil Skinner/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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This Feb. 26, 2010 photo shows suspected Penske shooter Jesse James Warren entering Cobb County Superior court for a bond hearing. The man accused of killing four people and wounding a fifth in a 2010 Georgia workplace mass shooting has been involuntarily committed to a prison psychiatric hospital. Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 that Warren, of Temple, Georgia, opened fire at a Penske truck-leasing facility in Kennesaw on Jan. 12, 2010. Three men were killed that day, while a fourth succumbed to his injuries three years later. Another person was injured but survived. (Phil Skinner/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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FILE--In this Sept. 13, 2012, file photo, Portland Sheriff Michael Reese speaks during a news conference at the Justice Center in Portland, Ore. Reese, as current Multnomah County Sheriff in Portland, and federal authorities are blaming each other for the case of a Mexican man who has been deported from America at least 13 times and who allegedly assaulted two women within days of being released from jail. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)
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This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows Sergio Martinez. A sheriff in Oregon and federal authorities are blaming each other for the case of Mexican immigrant Martinez, who has been deported from America at least 13 times and who allegedly assaulted two women within days of being released from jail. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Officers search for a suspect after a shooting in Dobbins, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Two California sheriff's deputies were shot and wounded Tuesday after they responded to reports of an armed and agitated man pulling up plants in the garden of a rural Rastafarian church, authorities said. The shooter remained at large, and the Yuba County deputies were in serious condition and undergoing surgery at Sutter Roseville Medical Center after the shooting in the rural community of Oregon House about 55 miles north of Sacramento. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)
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Officers search for a suspect after a shooting in Dobbins, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Two California sheriff's deputies were shot and wounded after they responded to reports of an armed and agitated man pulling up plants in the garden of a rural Rastafarian church, authorities said. The shooter remained at large, and the Yuba County deputies were in serious condition and undergoing surgery at Sutter Roseville Medical Center after the shooting in the rural community of Oregon House about 55 miles north of Sacramento. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)
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Officers search for a suspect after a shooting in Dobbins, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Two California sheriff's deputies were shot and wounded Tuesday after they responded to reports of an armed and agitated man pulling up plants in the garden of a rural Rastafarian church, authorities said. The shooter remained at large, and the Yuba County deputies were in serious condition and undergoing surgery at Sutter Roseville Medical Center after the shooting in the rural community of Oregon House about 55 miles north of Sacramento. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)
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FILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo posters with Ashlynne Mike's photo lined the entrance to the Farmington Civic Center as the overflow crowd watched monitors streaming her memorial service in Farmington, N.M. Tom Begaye, a man charged with murder, sexual assault and other counts in the death of Mike on the largest American Indian reservation changed his pleas to guilty Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by San Juan County, N.M. Detention Center shows Tom Begaye of Waterflow, N.M. Begaye, a man charged with murder, sexual assault and other counts in the death of an 11-year-old girl on the largest American Indian reservation changed his pleas to guilty Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in a case that prompted calls to expand the Amber Alert system and the death penalty to tribal communities across the U.S. (San Juan County Detention Center via AP, File)
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A lawsuit filed by Rod Wheeler, an investigator who worked on the Seth Rich case, claims Fox News fabricated quotes implicating the slain Democratic National Committee staffer in the WikiLeaks scandal and coordinated with the Trump administration as it worked on the story. (Associated Press)
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FILE – In this Dec. 30, 2015, file photo, Bill Cosby, center, accompanied by his attorneys Brian McMonagle, left, and Monique Pressley, right, arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault, in Elkins Park, Pa. McMonagle, the lead defense lawyer in Cosby's sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury on June 17, 2017, wants off the case before a retrial, according to documents the Philadelphia attorney filed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, seeking to withdraw as Cosby's counsel. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE – In this June 16, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby's lawyer Brian McMonagle arrives for Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. McMonagle, the lead defense lawyer in Cosby's sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury on June 17, 2017, wants off the case before a retrial, according to documents the Philadelphia attorney filed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, seeking to withdraw as Cosby's counsel. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Charles County Sheriff’s Department shows Carlos Deangelo Bell. A teachers' aide and track coach described as a "predator" by a county prosecutor now faces more than 100 felony counts of child sex abuse and other offenses. Local media reported on Monday, July 31, 2017, that the counts against Bell include infecting or trying to infect three schoolboys with HIV, filming them in sex acts, giving them marijuana and other crimes from May 2015 to June 2017. (Charles County Sheriff’s Department via AP)
