"On the night of the stabbing, Carlson said, his mother pushed him during an argument and said he wasn't a part of the family anyway. She told me to get out of the way and pushed me to the side, Carlson testified. I said, You will never touch me again.' Carlson lived in the East Bay at the time and was a student at Laney College."
"He was arrested in the East Bay the day after the crime with the bloody weapon in his pocket. The defense sought a voluntary manslaughter conviction, saying the homicide happened during an explosion of rage. Such a conviction would have carried a potential 12-year sentence. The prosecution sought a first-degree murder conviction and a sentence of 26 years to life, arguing that the killing was premeditated."
"A Marin County jury convicted Carlson of second-degree murder in 2011. A judge sentenced him to 15 years to life in prison. The parole panel denied his release in a hearing last month, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He had been denied parole twice before. Carlson's lawyer, Patrick Sparks, declined to comment. Carlson's next parole hearing is tentatively planned for October 2028. He is imprisoned at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, Monterey County."
Richard Leroy Carlson stabbed and killed his adoptive mother, Eleanor Joyce Carlson, at her San Rafael home in 2010. Carlson testified that he had been physically, sexually and emotionally abused by her after his adoptive father's death. He was arrested the day after the killing with the bloody weapon in his pocket. The defense sought voluntary manslaughter, claiming an explosion of rage, while prosecutors sought first-degree murder, arguing premeditation. A jury convicted Carlson of second-degree murder in 2011 and a judge sentenced him to 15 years to life. A parole board denied his release; his next hearing is tentatively set for October 2028.
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