Since 2019, Gov. Tony Evers’ Parole Commission has released hundreds of convicted criminals, freeing them early on parole mostly into Wisconsin communities, including more than 300 murderers and attempted murderers, and more than 47 child rapists.
Marvin Hereford was one of them. His release was discretionary.
32nd in the series.
When a jury convicted Marvin Hereford of shooting a 25-year-old Beloit man in the back of the head, he “shouted racial obscenities and attempted to leave the Dane County courtroom,” according to an old article in the Wausau Daily Herald.
He shot and killed Frank Gurley in 1991 outside Mr. D’s Bar-B-Que Restaurant.
Hereford shot Gurley in the back of the head.
Hereford is black. He shouted racial obscenities at the white jury.
Hereford, of Beloit, walked up behind the victim outside a tavern and “shot him in the back of the head,” the old newspaper articles said
Evers’ Parole Commission Freed Marvin Hereford Early
Date paroled: 10/06/2020 [You can run Hereford’s parole date here by putting in his name and clicking on “movement”]
Current Residence: Beloit, Wisconsin
Age: 53
Convicted: First-degree intentional homicide, 1992
Sentence: Life. Killers serving life sentences do not qualify for mandatory release. This parole was discretionary.
The Victim: Frank Gurley, 25
His headstone describes Gurley as a husband and father.
What the Killer Did:
Marvin Hereford was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide while armed.
The victim was 25.
Hereford was 22 at the time of the homicide and angry about “something Gurley had said to his girlfriend,” according to an old article in the Wisconsin State Journal.
The district attorney called Hereford a “cold-blooded killer.” The police chief said in an old newspaper article that the victim had tried to break up an argument/intervene in an argument.
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