GARDNER, MASS. (WHDH) - A convicted rapist with terminal liver cancer has been released from a Bay State prison, officials announced Wednesday.

Benjamin LaGuer, 57, was medically-paroled from Gardner’s North Central Correctional Institution, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Correction confirmed.

LaGuer was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison for beating, robbing and sexually assaulting his 59-year-old neighbor in Leominster.

LaGuer has maintained his innocence over the years, drawing support from former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in the past.

In October 2018, a judge ordered the superintendent of the correctional institution to submit a medical parole plan for LaGuer, who claimed he had just four months to live.

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