Edward Kemper was first eligible for parole in 1979, and he had additional (unsuccessful) hearings in 1980, 1981, and 1982; he waived his right to stand in front of the board in 1985. Kemper was again denied at his 1988 hearing where he said, ‘society is not ready in any shape or form for me. I can’t fault them for that.’ Once again, he was denied parole in 1991 and 1994, and he waived his right to a hearing in both 1997 and in 2002. He stood in front of the board was in 2007 but was once again denied, and at that time his attorney indicated he was content with remaining in prison. In 2012 he once again waived his right to a hearing, and was denied parole on February 2, 2017. Most recently he was denied parole on July 9, 2024 and his next parole hearing is (tentatively) scheduled for July 2031, when he will be eighty-two-years old

About the decision to keep Kemper incarcerated, Prosecutor Ariadne Symons said, ‘we don’t care how much of a model prisoner he is because of the enormity of his crimes.’