A man convicted in 1995 of shooting a 19-year-old in the face at a Medford park, then fatally stabbing him almost 80 times was granted parole.
Jeffrey Hardy will be released after serving 31 years of his life sentence in prison, after he serves six months in a lower security facility, according to a decision made by the Massachusetts Parole Board on Jan. 6. Hardy will have several conditions including a curfew, must remain abstinent of drugs and alcohol with testing and no contact with the victim’s family.
Hardy was 20 when he shot 19-year-old Thomas Moran in the face at a Medford park on March 28, 1994, then stabbed him to death 79 times. The two had been part of a group who played basketball that day, drank beer and smoked cannabis together at one of the men’s houses…