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

A man convicted of in the 1991 shooting death of a Connecticut State Police trooper has been denied parole. Duane Johnson ...

The sentence was later commuted to life in prison without parole. According to the Connecticut Department of Correction, Duane Johnson was handed down a life sentence on a felony murder charge.

Duane Johnson had a parole hearing scheduled for Friday. Duane Johnson was originally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of Trooper Russell Bagshaw.