Greenman v. MASSACHUSETTS PAROLE BOARD

In November, 1968, the plaintiff, Wendell Greenman, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. G. L. c. 265, § 2 (1986 ed.). He now challenges the refusal of the Massachusetts Parole Board (board) to grant him parole, on four occasions, “due to the gravity of the crime” and on the ground that Greenman has failed to acknowledge “the sexual aspects of the crime.” Greenman’s amended complaint, filed in February, 1987, alleges that the board acted beyond its statutory authority under G. L. c. 127, §§ 130 et seq. (1986 ed.). The complaint also alleges…