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Republican legislators are calling on the state Parole Board to deny the release of a man convicted of killing two NYPD officers in the 1970s. Anthony Bottom was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the 1971 murders of NYPD officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones. Bottom was […]
A man convicted of killing two NYPD officers in 1971 has been released on parole despite efforts by Senate Republicans to keep him behind bars. “Herman Bell is a callous and depraved cop killer who took the lives of two police officers just because they wore the uniform,” Senate Majority […]
A group of Republican lawmakers is calling on the state Parole Board to deny the release of a man convicted of killing NYPD officers in the 1970s. Herman Bell, who is up for parole later this month, was convicted in 1979 of killing two New York City police officers and […]