Convicted St. Paul cop killer Ronald Reed denied parole for 4th time


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Dept. of Corrections Commissioner, Paul Schnell, was deciding vote and said there will be another hearing in 18 months.

A man convicted of killing a St. Paul cop was denied parole again on Friday, leading to emotional outbursts from people in the room.

Ronald Reed appeared before the state's Supervised Release Board after being sentenced to life in prison in 2006 for the crime that happened in 1970. 

St. Paul police officer James Sackett was gunned down after he and his partner responded to a fake emergency call made by Reed's girlfriend. Witnesses testified that Reed confessed to wanting to kill a cop to impress the Black Panthers and that Sackett was ambushed. 

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