60s radical wins parole in New York
Kathy Boudin, the former member of the urban guerrilla group the Weather Underground, is to be released from prison after serving 22 years.
Boudin, 60, was jailed for her part in a robbery in Nanuet, north of New York, in 1981 in which a security officer and two police officers were shot dead. Boudin had been acting as a driver in the robbery for the Black Liberation Army, a splinter group of the Black Panthers.
She pleaded guilty to second degree murder although she was not involved in the shooting.
Despite attempts by law enforcement officers and their families to block the release, Boudin will be released from Bedford Hills correctional facility in New York state in the next five weeks.
She won many plaudits for her work in jail, especially for a prison project to help Aids sufferers.
Boudin, 60, was jailed for her part in a robbery in Nanuet, north of New York, in 1981 in which a security officer and two police officers were shot dead. Boudin had been acting as a driver in the robbery for the Black Liberation Army, a splinter group of the Black Panthers.
She pleaded guilty to second degree murder although she was not involved in the shooting.
Despite attempts by law enforcement officers and their families to block the release, Boudin will be released from Bedford Hills correctional facility in New York state in the next five weeks.
She won many plaudits for her work in jail, especially for a prison project to help Aids sufferers.
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