After more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, James Vlassakis — the youngest participant in Australia's most notorious serial killing spree — has been granted parole, following a judicial review that rejected the South Australian government's bid to keep him incarcerated. The Snowtown case, in which twelve people were murdered between 1992 and 1999, has long haunted the national conscience, and Vlassakis' release forces a reckoning with one of justice's oldest tensions: whether a person shaped by manipulation and youth can, through time and demonstrated change, earn a conditional return t
Snowtown killer Vlassakis granted parole after 27 years despite government challenge
Vlassakis was convicted for his participation in at least four murders as part of a serial killing spree that resulted in 12 deaths between 1992 and 1999.