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A North Carolina state panel said Tuesday that the August 2024 parole for one of the men convicted in the murder of Michael Jordan's father has been canceled.
The state Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission announced in 2020 that Larry M. Demery would be released as part of an agreement in which he would take part in a scholastic and Vocational program designed to prepare him for life outside prison. The initial release date was pushed back by a year.
The commission said in a news release that Demery's agreement had been terminated. Demery, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of James Jordan, will be reviewed for parole in December of 2023.
Greg Thomas didn't have any information on Demery's situation. If a prisoner isn't following program guidelines or is violating behavior rules behind bars, the agreement might be terminated.
According to data the department posts online, Demery is serving his sentence at a minimum security prison in Lincoln County, northwest of Charlotte. Demery's record shows 19 incidents against him since 2001, including two for substance possession.
James Jordan was killed in July 1993 in his red Lexus as he napped along the side of an access road off U.S. Highway 74 in Lumberton. The motive was robbery, according to prosecutors.
Demery testified that Daniel A. Green was the person who shot him. Jordan's body was found in a South Carolina swamp and identified using dental records. Demery and Green were both young.
Demery was sentenced to life plus 40 years after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. He was resentenced in 2008 after an error was found in his initial sentence. Demery was eligible for parole after he received a life sentence.
Green was sentenced to life in prison for murder and 10 years for conspiracy to commit robbery. A judge refused to allow an evidentiary hearing that could have led to a new trial for Green.
