Mutulu Shakur, Tupac’s Stepfather Up For Parole

In 1988 Mutulu Shakur was sentenced to 60 years in prison for allegedly masterminding a string of armed robberies from New York to Connecticut committed by a political militant group called “The Family.”  The group is also accused of being responsible for the killing of a Brinks security guard and two NYPD officers.

After serving half of his sentence, 65-year old Shakur is now up for mandatory parole.  His parole hearing is set to take place at the federal penitentiary in Victorville, California sometime this week.

Michael Paige, he son of one of the slain armed guards isn’t happy about the upcoming parole hearing. “That’s the going rate? Thirty years for at least three lives that were taken?” he said. “I was 16 years when he was killed by these animals. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about my father.”

After the heist in 1981, Mutulu Shakur was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list where he remained until his capture in 1986. Shakur was also charged with aiding fellow revolutionary Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) escape from a New Jersey prison, where she eventually fled to Cuba.

Following Mutulu Shakur’s parole hearing,  a hearing officer will make a recommendation to the U.S. Parole Commission on whether or not he should be released. The federal commission will make the final decision on whether to grant parole.

Read more at Billboard.