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For Immediate Release:
May 19, 2025
Contact:
David Thompson
785.250.4034
David.Thompson@ks.gov
Kansas Prisoner Review Board Rescinds Parole Grant Decision for Jimmie Nelms
~Winfield Correctional Facility Resident Nelms Had Previously Been Granted Parole~
TOPEKA, Kansas. – The Kansas Prisoner Review Board rescinded its previous decision to grant parole to Jimmie Nelms. Nelms, 78, was sentenced to consecutive life terms plus nine years in 1979 for the crimes of unlawful possession of a firearm, aggravated kidnapping, and murder in the first degree of Kansas Highway Patrolman Trooper Conroy O’Brien.
Nelms has been eligible for parole since 1993 and has appeared before the board nine times, having been initially granted parole after his hearing in March of this year.
The board, in a new hearing on May 16 with Nelms, rescinded its previous decision to grant parole and decided to deny him release at this time.
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