Weeks after the husband of a former Boston city councilor was given parole, another man convicted in the same killing also has been approved for release.
When Jason Robinson was 19, he shot and killed Inaam Yazbek during a robbery in Brighton on March 25, 2000. The robbery had been planned and orchestrated by Robinson, Joleena Tate and Tanzerius Anderson, who married former Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson while incarcerated.
Both Robinson and Tanzerius Anderson were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. However, in 2024, the Supreme Judicial Court decision stated emerging adults between the ages of 18-20 cannot be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Massachusetts…