- Phillip Leishman, the gunman in a 1997 double homicide, seeks parole at 48.
- He recounted a violent past and expressed regret for his actions.
- The parole board will decide his fate in about a month.
SALT LAKE CITY — Phillip Michael Leishman says he grew up around violence.
“Violence was normal. That culture was normal,” he said Tuesday.
By the time he was 19, he was fully entrenched in the gang lifestyle and carried a gun with him wherever he went just to be prepared for whatever happened next…