After nearly three decades, Daniel Green, convicted of murdering Michael Jordan's father, may be released as North Carolina's parole commission reconsiders.

The judge from the trial involving the murder of Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan, said that he has been haunted by the verdict for nearly 30 years and has asked for the convicted

On Oct. 15, North Carolina judge Gregory Weeks petitioned the state's parole commission asking for the release of Daniel Green, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole following the 1996 trial for the murder of James Jordan. Green was 18 at the time of the murder in 1993 and was convicted of killing Jordan in a robbery gone wrong.

The North Carolina judge who presided over the 1996 murder trial of Michael Jordan's father petitioned Tuesday to release his convicted killer.

Judge Gregory Weeks urges parole for Daniel Green, convicted of murdering Michael Jordan's father, raising doubts about the trial.

Nearly three decades after James Jordan, father of NBA icon Michael Jordan, was tragically killed, the presiding North Carolina judge seeks parole for Daniel Green, the man convicted of the murder. The judge's request to the state's parole board comes amid revelations that crucial forensic evidence may have been withheld during the original trial.