A Massachusetts man was denied parole after being in prison for about 20 years for raping a 14-year-old he met at the Springfield Public Library.
Steven Pete went in front of the parole board for the first time in January. In 2006, Pete was convicted of statutory rape of a child. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Pete was also convicted of a second count of statutory rape of a child, for which he was sentenced to a concurrent term of life in prison, and one count of criminal harassment, for which he was sentenced to a concurrent term of about 2 years.
The girl was a sophomore in high school and enjoyed playing chess with a friend at the library. Over time, Pete continued meeting with the girl, the parole board stated…