A cop killers possible parole: Letters to the Editor April 8, 2025
The Issue: David McClary facing a Parole Board that has recently sprung 43 other cop killers.Granting parole to David McClary would be the 44th time that a cop killer has been released by the Parole Board over the last eight years (“Cop-Slayer Hood is Up for Parole,” April 6).This is sickening and blatantly immoral.The unfathomable anguish that the unprincipled and imprudent Parole Board has caused the families of these heroic officers is repulsive and should be denounced by any decent-minded person.Denis DavidEast RockawayBoth of the Cuomos have been a disgrace.Gov.
Mario Cuomo got rid of the death penalty for cop killers.Then Gov.
Andrew Cuomo eased the guidelines for parole and appointed 12 lefties to the Parole Board, so that 43 cop killers have been turned loose, and the families of victims have to re-live the pain every time a new hearing is held.Gary LaytonInterlaken, NJI find it appalling that, in this day and age, woke Parole Boards still even consider parole for those who ambush and kill cops.These cop killers are heroes in jail; I am not shedding a tear for them.I have family on the job and know former prosecutors, and I can’t imagine the pain that must be felt by those whose loved ones never came home.
These killers chose their path; no sympathy can be found here.Lee FleischmanStamford, Conn.This news, like so much of the news in this state, once again highlights how powerless we are as individuals.How can lawmakers sitting in Albany, with the ability to change this, think it’s a good idea?How can they not see how destructive this is to our safety and security?How can they not understand that killing a police officer, especially in cold blood, has a ramification beyond the killing of a citizen?To those who vote for them time and again: Stop.Your votes are driving our once-proud and prosperous state to the point of oblivion.Dennis DillonPearl RiverIt was Mario Cuomo who fought against the death penalty during his terms as governor with an assu...