HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - Joe Deters cannot forget what the Parole Board did in 1994, when it released a convicted cop killer without telling him.

Now the other man convicted in the murder of Cincinnati Police officer David Cole was up for parole, again. The past was why Deters was concerned about the future.

"If you kill a police officer and you get out, it tells you what a crappy system we got," said Deters.

David Cole's widow was in the Enquirer in 1994. After Deters found out Ricardo Woods was released from prison he sued the Parole Board. But the Supreme Court just said it was a mistake to let him out without telling anyone. Woods and Roland Reaves both shot officer David Cole when he interrupted their plan to rob the UDF on Florence Avenue.

Deters said, "Reaves ordered Woods to finish him off, Woods did. Now Woods lives in California probably surfing."

And Reaves is up for parole, again. Both were sentenced to die. Sentences were commuted to life during the brief time Ohio's death penalty law was declared unconstitutional.

"If you kill a police officer and are sentenced to death you should never get out of jail," Deters told Local 12 News. "Ever."

Deters' letter to the Parole Board said pretty much the same thing, "This defendant being considered for release is appalling considering he was originally sentenced to death."

His sentence is life... life means life.

David Cole's widow, who is remarried, will meet with the Parole Board and argue against Reaves' release again. Deters believed the Parole Board will listen only to the people of Hamilton County.

The Parole Board will also consider Reaves behavior behind bars. He didn't have a very good 2016. There were ten rule violations, some serious such as fighting and lying, and some minor problems such as overdue library books. One titled "Tempted by Trouble."