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Teen Shot Market Owner in the Head. Mass. Officials Believes He’s Changed

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In an attempted robbery, a Massachusetts teenager shot a market owner in the head on March 29, 1980. Fourty-five years later, Massachusetts officials believe the teenager is a changed man. William Griffith was convicted of first-degree murder on Nov. 17, 1981 in Franklin Superior Court, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Teen shot market owner in the head. Mass. officials believes he’s changed

In an attempted robbery, a Massachusetts teenager shot a market owner in the head on March 29, 1980. Fourty-five years later, Massachusetts officials believe the teenager is a changed man. William Griffith was convicted of first-degree murder on Nov. 17, 1981 in Franklin Superior Court, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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William Griffith was convicted in 1981 of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.

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