LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to a fatal 1984 stabbing in Lincoln is hoping he’ll receive a commutation after being on probation for 20 years.

The Nebraska Board of Pardons will consider 53-year-old Terry Taylor’s request for a commutation on Thursday.

Taylor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1985 in the death of his 18-year-old roommate Ben DeBaets Jr. The Nebraska Parole Board voted to release him in 1996. Taylor moved to Texas and has continued to be on probation and under supervision. He says his clean record while on parole shows he’s not a threat to society, and that his crime was one of passion.

If Taylor’s sentence is commuted to a definite term, his parole could be ended.