Parole considered for inmate who killed woman 37 years ago when he was 18

SALT LAKE CITY — In 1989, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole told James Pernell Sherard he would serve the rest of his natural life in prison. But on Tuesday — after going 17 years without a single write-up, completing several treatment programs and earning multiple degrees — Sherard was granted a rehearing and a chance to show the board he isn't the same person who was sent to prison more than three decades ago when he was 18. In 1987, Sherard pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, a capital...