单项选择题

Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given I0 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. Gregory Scott Johnson requested the Indiana Parole Board to have pity on him ______

A.because he wanted to donate his liver to his ailing sister
B.because he wanted to wait on her sister when she had the operation
C.because he wanted to do something to compensate the old victim
D.because he wanted to begin a new life and do something useful for the society