Man convicted in 1997 killing appears before parole board

A Utah man who killed his friend in 1997 but wasn’t convicted until more than a decade later is asking for parole.

The Deseret News reported Tuesday 67-year-old Alan Lee Marx told the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole at his hearing last week that he has become a mentor and has completed several life skills programs in prison.

Marx was convicted in 2014 of manslaughter and aggravated robbery in the death of Ward Woolverton.

He was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for manslaughter and five years to life for robbery.

Marx told the board that he and Ward were drunk when a fight erupted between them.

Parole board member Clark Harms says that Marx might be granted a release date in the next two years.