The state’s Parole Board has denied the release of a convicted murderer who killed his armed robbery accomplices over a stolen Red Sox jacket.

Glenn Hart, 51, back in 1994 when he was 19, killed both 17-year-old Michael Moore and 21-year-old Pierre Pauleus in Rockland.

A week before the shootings, the trio had committed an armed robbery in Brockton. The group robbed three men walking down the street — including stealing a Red Sox jacket, which Hart kept.

Then the trio a week later argued over the Sox jacket while they were at an apartment. Hart left the apartment, and told his accomplices he was going to get the jacket from his home.

Hart retrieved the jacket, and returned to the apartment. Then Hart, who was carrying the jacket, was let inside the apartment where he shot Moore three times and shot Pauleus once. Hart also shot a third person in the arm, and that victim ended up surviving.

Ultimately in 1997, Hart was convicted of murder in the first-degree, as well as murder in the second-degree. Hart was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, and life with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder.

But then in 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling in Commonwealth v. Mattis determined that life without parole sentences were unconstitutional as applied to “emerging adults” between the ages of 18 and 20.

Fast forward to Tuesday when the Massachusetts Parole Board denied Hart’s release.

Hart appeared in front of the board on March 5, where the Plymouth DA’s office appeared in opposition of Hart’s release. The families of Hart’s victims also provided testimony urging the board to deny Hart’s request for parole.

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“This defendant murdered two people over a jacket,” Plymouth DA Tim Cruz said. “This was not a situation where the defendant was confronted with an unforeseeable event and overreacted in the heat of the moment. This was a murder, planned using ‘cold cognition,’ where the defendant returned with a firearm to accomplish that end.

“As a result of this decision, Hart became eligible for parole even though he is an adult in the eyes of the law,” the DA added. “Our office will continue to fight on behalf of victims in all its cases, and will continue to oppose the release of violent criminals who have forever harmed those in our communities.”

While incarcerated for more than three decades, Hart has racked up 32 disciplinary reports.

“The Board notes that Mr. Hart has engaged in programming while incarcerated, but the Board would like to see Mr. Hart engage in further programming to gain additional insight into his behavior and a deeper understanding of the triggers to violence he discussed with the Board at the hearing,” the board wrote in its decision.

“The Board considered the mental health evaluation and testimony of Dr. Stephen Tabashneck, and the recent reentry plan and testimony provided by Kimberly Mortimer, LMHC,” the board added. “The Board considered testimony in support of parole from two friends of Mr. Hart. The Board considered testimony in opposition to parole from the victims’ family members. Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Arne Hantson also provided testimony in opposition to parole.”

His next chance for parole will be in two years.