In an unusual hearing, the gunman in one of the country's first mass killings at schools was refused release.

[{"selector":"#anim-6b1a8e16-c2c5-4560-b622-00d26204febe [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] LOUISVILLE, KY The Kentucky Parole Board sentenced Michael Carneal to life in prison on Monday for the shooting rampage he carried out at Heath High School in West Paducah. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-e443c064-317a-4e76-b3cb-8af7b3feab9d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] which caused five additional pupils to sustain injuries and three students to pass away. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-1083c9bd-f1b9-4c88-9fb6-d1f52aa8fe34 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The serve-out ruling means that Carneal, 39, will never again be qualified for parole. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-d753648e-9624-43a1-b722-c53e82ec70d1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Given the large number of victims, Carneal's freedom seemed unlikely. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-14d2a008-5001-47db-bfcb-98c22cb664ae [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] But when he admitted it in court last week, he might have eliminated all chance of that. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-1e19e259-9600-4571-a968-0662e4f55f47 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] that the voices he believes told him to fire on December 1, 1997 are still audible in his head. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-37c52a7d-73bf-4911-92b0-15c604fb0853 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] A parole board member voiced concern about his prognosis and noticed that he was having "paranoid thoughts with violent imagery," despite the fact that he claimed to be able to stop such voices today. Credit by Google

[{"selector":"#anim-9948f763-c94f-4f1b-b97f-858046fd8e70 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.27314591655461%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] He said on September 20 that he had heard voices telling him to descend a stairway two days earlier. Credit by Google