Transcripts: Parole for a former Marine convicted of attempted murder at Lavers Point back in 2000.

MONTEREY, CA (KION-TV). KION received transcripts of the October 11 parole hearing that resulted in the parole of a man convicted of attempted murder in Pacific Grove back in 2000.

During the meeting, Jason Blood talks about his crimes and what he has learned during his time behind bars.

“Well, um, when I started this process, I think my first hearing was in 2008, I was in denial a lot, blaming a lot of people and making excuses for bad behavior. Um, so it was a process for me to get this far,” Blood said.

He said that his understanding of who he was and why he was trying to kill an innocent man became clear over the years. That he did work in prison to improve himself.

The Chairman of the Parole Board stated that a doctor conducted a risk assessment in 2020 and the doctor said that Blood was at moderate risk if released.

The council also added that Blood had no juvenile convictions and no prior convictions for attempted murder. The judge asked Lysy about the causal factors he was working on in connection with his conviction.

Well, the newest, um, umbrella I’ve come across is codependency. This was something I was working on, um, to help understand a lot of the things I’ve talked about in the past. So there was always, always, low self-esteem, low self-esteem, uh, misunderstanding of who I was as a person, feelings of inadequacy, uh, vengeful thoughts, my father’s physical dominance and, and emotionally, bullying my peers. All these things, ahem, attributed to codependent, ahem, interpersonal style. I interacted with people very codependently. So I’ve been working on this recently.

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The board commissioner asks Blood how a person goes from zero to one hundred and one days. Blood replied that he enjoys manipulating people into needing him and being manipulated in return. He often posed as a clown to convince people that he was funny.

He said that this was contrary to his ideal self, the one who was violent, because Blood believed that people who were more violent were more respected and had more friends.

He went on to say that the Marines only added to his depression and feelings of isolation, even contemplating suicide. Blood added that his father’s beating as a child had a huge impact on who he became.

Blood said he previously lied, saying he fired eight shots to explain why he committed such a brutal crime. He later said that he only had two shots, but that didn’t change his decision that day.

“No, I made that decision, I made the decision to kill someone so I wouldn’t feel so bad sober,” Blood said. “This decision was made, this decision was made without alcohol.”

He said he felt that his co-defendant Carson was the only one who understood him and wished there was at least one person like him. So when Carson started talking about committing murder, he agreed out of fear that Carson would kill him or he (Blood) would kill himself.

A spokesman for the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office asked Blood if he personally stabbed the victim, and said that he did not stab his victim himself, but simply held her down. He said that Carson was the leader in this crime and wanted to please him, so he went along with it, according to court documents.

Um, the prisoner still maintains that he did not stab the victim, despite the fact that he was armed, despite the fact that he, according to previously reported panels in the affidavit, that he was always armed, because he, he always carried a knife with him. Uh, and even though the victim, uh, stated that she was selling one knife out of her hand while she was stabbed with another knife, that’s two knives and two knives.

Um, and the victim is the most trustworthy person in this scenario.

Monterey County District Attorney’s Office on why Blood should not be granted parole.

The prosecutor’s office said that Blood is trying to shift the blame to someone else. Both suspects taunted the victim and tried to kill her, according to the victim.

The victim’s mother also spoke at the hearing, pleading with the board not to release Blood.

“The horror caused by this crime has touched so many lives. But let’s just talk about who did this to her, who got more than 13 stab wounds,” the victim’s mother said. “Both suspects taunted the victim, and when they tried to kill her, they cut her throat three times and yelled at her, die, bitch, die. Why won’t she die? And she screamed, I’m going to die, just leave me alone.”

She added that her daughter may be alive, but not living the life someone wanted. That they sat at every parole hearing and Blood still lies about the events, he hasn’t changed because they haven’t changed even after going through therapy.

Since both parties were given the opportunity to make their claims, the board decided to release Blade on parole.

When considering parole, the denial of parole must be based on findings that the prisoner poses a current danger to society. In this case, we also applied the law on juvenile delinquents. The law requires that we give great weight to the juvenile offender factor when deciding whether to grant Mr. Blood a parole. This is parole. Based on legal standards and protocols, we believe that Mr. Blood does not currently pose an unreasonable risk to public safety and is therefore eligible for parole. We acknowledge — to the family of the victim, we acknowledge your deep loss, specifically the loss that you spoke of, of course, your daughter, who was injured and really did not recover from her injuries.

The decision of the commission on parole and its rationale.

Blood has been given six months of temporary housing and will not be allowed to consume alcohol or marijuana if released or go to a facility where alcohol is the main substance, outside of parole.

Blood was also ordered not to return to Monterey County or have any contact with the victim or her family, according to the parole hearing transcript.

original story

Monterey County District Attorney Giannine M. Pachoni announced that the California Board of Parole Hearings made a decision in late February to grant parole to a man convicted of attempted murder of a woman in 2000 in Pacific Grove.

Jason Blood, a 43-year-old former Marine, was granted parole by two parole board commissioners on October 11, 2022. After parole was granted, the victim’s family and the Monterey County District Attorney’s office asked Governor Newsom to forward the parole review to the entire group of 21 Board of Parole Commissioners.

Blood served 21 years in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after being sentenced to 7 years to life. According to Paccioni, this was Blade’s seventh parole board hearing.

Both sides advocated the abolition of parole. The family begged the board not to release the attackers on their daughter.

In an October hearing, the Parole Board used “young offender” factors to find Blood eligible for parole. Blood was 21 years old at the time of the assassination attempt and listed his accomplishments since his time in prison.

“He has participated in and completed many of the programs offered to prisoners both in the field of work and in the field of self-help. The board determined that he had no negative associations in prison and that he had an adequate release plan,” Paccioni said.

Back in 2000, Blood, for an unknown reason, along with co-defendant Jesse Jay Carson, planned to kill their victim on a hiking trail in Lover’s Point. Paccioni said they prepared and hastily selected a lone victim.

Paccioni said the couple held the victim and repeatedly stabbed and stabbed her. They threatened to kill her, mocking her.

“The victim was unarmed, alone, vulnerable and did not pose a threat to the defendants. Blood’s actions went far beyond what was necessary for him to be convicted of attempted first-degree murder and shocked the Monterey community,” Paccioni said.

The co-defendants were active duty Marines at the time they were enrolled in the Defense Language Institute’s cryptological linguistics program. Initially, both gave alibis that proved to be true, but after Carson went through a mental health crisis a few months later, the truth came out, Paccioni said.

No release date has been set for Blad.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation responded to our request for a decision to release Blood.

Jason Blood T59384 was sentenced by the Monterey County CDCR on June 6, 2002 to life parole for attempted first-degree murder. Blood was deemed eligible for parole on October 11, 2022, but the Governor passed the approval to the full Board of Directors for full consideration. A full review took place on February 22, 2023, during which the Board confirmed that Blood was eligible for parole.

The Parole Hearing Board (BPH) is the organization that conducts parole eligibility hearings.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

A transcript of the board’s review of the decision has been requested and we will provide that information when it becomes available to us.