Aaron Chapman's family was offended that shortly after the man who killed their son went to prison they had to plead with the Parole Board not to let him out early.

Their pleas were apparently heeded, since the Board of Pardons and Parole decided Asipeli Mohi will serve the entire 15 years of his prison sentence.Mohi, once a West High football star, said it was "stupidity" that led to Chapman's death. Mohi and some friends accosted Chapman after a concert in downtown Salt Lake City in the fall of 1993.

The group of boys pulled Chapman from the car, beat him and then Mohi shot him in the chest. Mohi was 17 at the time of the killing but was tried as an adult. As part of a plea agreement, Mohi pleaded guilty to murder, a first-degree felony, but the judge sentenced him as if it were a second-degree felony.

That meant the longest Mohi could be locked up was 15 years. The judge recommended he spend the entire time behind bars, and the board has agreed. The decision means Mohi will be released from prison Sept. 7, 2008. He will be 32 years old when he is freed.

Board chairman Mike Sibbett warned Mohi at the hearing last month that he would have a hard time ignoring the judge's recommendation.

"If there was a single crime that caused the governor and the Legislature to say enough is enough, it was probably this offense," Sibbett said. A special session was called about two months after Chapman's death to deal with juvenile crime and gang violence.

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Chapman's family told the board they wished Mohi could never walk the streets again.

"I think he's sorry he got caught," said Delores Chapman, Aaron's mother. "Car thieves, robbers and drug dealers get more time (behind bars) than killers."

Mohi apologized for killing Chapman and blamed his actions on his stupidity.

"What I say can never bring Aaron back," he said. "I'm sorry for what I did. I take full responsibility for . . . It's too bad it's taken all of this for me to realize all I've lost and all the pain I've caused."

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