RALEIGH, N.C. — Larry Demery, one of two men serving life in prison for murdering Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan’s father in 1993, will be released in three years, state officials announced Tuesday.
Demery was sentenced in 1996, along with childhood classmate Daniel Green, for the shooting death of James Jordan, who was sleeping in his car in Robeson County.
He was spared the death penalty when his attorneys argued that he did not pull the trigger and felt remorse over the crime. Demery pleaded guilty and turned state's evidence against Green, who denied the crime and is still seeking his release.