Man convicted of 1995 'reality show' murder is paroled

Jonathan Schmitz, the man who admitted that he murdered Scott Amedure after Amedure went on The Jenny Jones Show to say he was attracted to Schmitz, has been released on parole.
The men lived in the Detroit suburbs.
Schmitz was 24 in 1995 when he was invited to appear in an episode of The Jenny Jones Show to find out, on the air, who his secret admirer was. Schmitz said he agreed, expecting that secret admirer to be a woman. Instead, it was 32-year-old Amedure.
During the program, Schmitz laughed and remained polite, tell Amedure and the audience that he was completely straight. But Schmitz went to Amedure’s home three days later and shot him to death.
According to Wikipedia, during Schmitz’s trial, a friend of Amedure alleged that Amedure and Schmitz went out drinking after taping The Jenny Jones Show and that they engaged in a sexual encounter.
Three days later, Amedure left a “suggestive” note at Schmitz’s house. When he read the note, Schmitz withdrew money from the bank, used it to buy a shotgun, then went to Amedure’s house. He went in the house and questioned Amedure about the note, then went back to his car, got the shotgun, went back in the house and shot Amedure twice in the chest.
Schmitz then left Amedure’s house, called 9-1-1 and confessed to the murder, saying he did it because he was embarrassed on national TV.
Schmitz was tried on second-degree murder charges in 1996, convicted and sentenced to 25-50 years in prison. That conviction was overturned on appeal, but when he was retried and again convicted, the sentence was re-instated.
Schmitz was released on parole following a hearing in March this year.
In 1999, Amedure’s family sued The Jenny Jones Show, Telepictures and Warner Bros for their ambush tactics and their negligence. A jury awarded them $25 million, but the judgement was overturned on appeal and the Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear the case.