The hearings that began last week were his first opportunity for parole and he will not get another chance to get out of prison.

Michael Carneal was a 14-year-old freshman on Dec. 1, 1997, when he fired a stolen pistol at a before-school prayer group in the lobby of Heath High School, near Paducah, Kentucky.

The shooting happened in 1997, when Carneal was 14. Three students were killed.