We, the
comrades of Unit 1012, are truly well aware that once the death penalty is
abolished, the ACLU will want to end LWOP. The death penalty is now
declared unconstitutional in New York, now the murder victims’ families are
pleading with the parole boards not to release their loved ones’ killers. This
incident proves what we mean.
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Pearl River, N.Y.,
residents gathered Saturday to protest plans to release one of two men
convicted in the 1980 sexual assault and murder of 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky.
(Cristina Corbin, FOX News)
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Hundreds protest plan to release convicted killer of 16-year-old New York girl
Cristina CorbinBy Cristina Corbin | Fox NewsPEARL RIVER, N.Y. – Hundreds of people marched silently through the streets of a suburban New York town in the dark on Saturday (June 15, 2019) with candles illuminating the path taken by a 16-year-old girl who was brutally murdered as she walked home from the library nearly 40 years ago.The peaceful protest was a plea to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to intervene in the imminent release of a man convicted in the 1980 murder of Paula Bohovesky, an honor student and aspiring actress who was beaten, sexually assaulted and stabbed to death in a crime so depraved it stunned law enforcement and shook the small town of Pearl River to its core.“The justice provided by the court for Paula, her family, her friends and the Pearl River community has been stolen,” Rockland County Executive Ed Day said in response to a recent parole board decision to release 66-year-old Richard LaBarbera, one of two men convicted in Paula’s murder.
“The justice provided by the court for Paula, her family, her friends and the Pearl River community has been stolen.”
— Ed Day, Rockland County executive
“Governor Cuomo, you must take the necessary steps to have the parole board reverse its decision immediately,” Day said to applause from some 500 people gathered in front of the town’s gazebo. “For reasons not made known, a broken parole system that was charged to be a purveyor of justice has instead become a perversion of justice.”
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Paula Bohovesky
(January 1, 1964 to October 28,
1980)
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155538478/paula-bohovesky]
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CALLS MOUNT FOR CUOMO TO BLOCK IMMINENT RELEASE OF CONVICTED CHILD KILLERLaBarbera was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of the teen as she walked home from her part-time job at the library on Oct. 28, 1980, in the quiet hamlet, some 30 miles north of New York City.Pearl River, N.Y., residents gathered Saturday to protest plans to release one of two men convicted in the 1980 sexual assault and murder of 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky. (Cristina Corbin, FOX News)
Shocking decisionLaBarbera and another man, Robert McCain, were sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder – the toughest sentence at that time. Last month, a parole board of Cuomo appointees informed the family that LaBarbera will be released in July – a move that shocked victim advocates, state lawmakers and a town that has never healed from the savage crime.McCain, 58, is set to go before the same parole board next week. The two were denied parole seven times since first becoming eligible in 2005.“Neither one of them has taken responsibility and neither one of them has shown remorse,” Paula’s mother, Lois Bohovesky, told Fox News in an interview.
“Neither one of them has taken responsibility and neither one of them has shown remorse.”
— Lois Bohovesky, mother of teen who was murdered in 1980
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Pearl River, N.Y.,
residents gathered Saturday to protest plans to release one of two men convicted
in the 1980 sexual assault and murder of 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky. (Cristina
Corbin, FOX News)
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Only three states – Maryland, Oklahoma and California – allow governors to reverse a parole board’s decision. But many critics, including former New York Gov. George Pataki, said Cuomo should pressure the parole board to reconsider its decision.In a statement to Fox News, Pataki called the decision to grant LaBarbera parole a “gross injustice” and said Cuomo “should urge the parole board to reverse this horrible decision.”PATAKI CALLS ON CUOMO TO INTERVENE IN PAROLE BOARD'S DECISION TO RELEASE 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S CONVICTED KILLER“Granting parole to Richard LaBarbera for the brutal murder of this young girl is an outrage,” Pataki said.'Tremendous loss'On Saturday, hundreds of residents — including many who knew the teen — gathered to remember the aspiring stage actress and artist who was known for her kindness and talent.
“All of us feel the tremendous loss of a beautiful person but I think the world has no idea of the talent that was taken,” said Patricia Muenzen, fighting back tears. “There are some people who just shine. That was Paula.”“She was beautiful inside and out,” said Sharon Klass, who was Paula’s art teacher at Pearl River High School. “She was your friend — instantly. She just made you happy to be in the room with her.”
“She was beautiful inside and out. She was your friend — instantly. She just made you happy to be in the room with her.”— Sharon Klass, former teacher of Paula Bohovesky
The details of Paula’s murder were brutal.Shortly after 7 p.m., the teen left her part-time job at the library and walked through the center of town toward her home on Hunt Avenue. She was within one block of her parents’ house when LaBarbera and McCain – both of whom had been drinking at the High Wheeler bar nearby – noticed her crossing an intersection.McCain quickly caught up to Paula and crushed the right side of her skull with a chunk of pavement he grabbed from the ground. He then dragged her behind an abandoned home and sexually assaulted her, while LaBarbera watched, according to police.
Believing that the teen was dead, LaBarbera then tried to sexually assault her, investigators said. When she stirred, to his surprise, LaBarbera stabbed her with a knife five times in the back, killing her, police told Fox News.A request for comment from Cuomo’s office was not immediately returned.In a statement to Fox News, Thomas Mailey, a spokesman for the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, said: “The New York State Board of Parole, as the sole entity that considers and determines parole eligibility, is an independent body whose members were confirmed by the State Senate.”Mailey added: “By law, before making a final decision, the Board members must follow statutory requirements which take into consideration many factors, including statements made by victims and victims’ families, as well as an individual’s criminal history, institutional accomplishments, potential to successfully reintegrate into the community, and perceived danger to public safety.”The Bohovesky case has sparked a larger debate on prison reform. Many Republican lawmakers have claimed the state was determined to lower the prison population and, in doing so, has adopted a system that favors criminals over victims.
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Pearl River, N.Y.,
residents gathered Saturday to protest plans to release one of two men
convicted in the 1980 sexual assault and murder of 16-year-old Paula Bohovesky.
(Cristina Corbin, FOX News)
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A town changed foreverMany in Pearl River, meanwhile, said they will not stop fighting to keep Paula’s killers behind bars for a crime that changed their town forever.Abigail Bohovesky, the victim’s only niece, has launched a “Say Something” campaign urging Cuomo to weigh in on the parole board’s decision.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“I was at my friend Katie’s house when Lois, Paula’s mom, came running in and asked if anyone had seen Paula,” said Patricia Stark, a former classmate of Paula’s.
“To think that you can murder a child in such a heinous and evil way and get out one day and see freedom is outrageous.”— Patricia Stark, a former classmate of Paula’s
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Paula Bohovesky
(January 1, 1964 to October 28,
1980)
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“I will never forget the look on her face – one of panic and terror,” Stark told Fox News. “It’s been emblazoned in my mind. As a mother now, I know what she must have been thinking and feeling. It was sheer horror.”She continued, “To think that you can murder a child in such a heinous and evil way and get out one day and see freedom is outrageous.”
OUR COMMENTS:
Here are some quotes from Prisoner Rights activists:
1. Many abolitionists love
saying: “Our opposition to the death penalty (or any punishment like LWOP) does
not mean that we do not care for the murder victims and their families.”
2. “The Death Penalty should
be replaced with LWOP where the murderers will never be released.”
3. “The money saved
from pursuing the death penalty (and LWOP) can be used to provide money for
victims’ services.”
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Helen Prejean CMN
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REBUTTAL TO QUOTE 1 AND
2:
OH REALLY? we did not see any Prisoner Rights organization mention Paula Bohovesky and her
families’ name. We did not hear any of them from those criminal rights
organization attend the candlelight vigil. We notice, that not a single criminal
rights activist showed their outrage by protesting the inhumane parole of the
killers, they remain silent.
As Ayaan Hirsi Ali said:
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Some things must be
said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://au.pinterest.com/pin/316870523756264477]
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REBUTTAL TO QUOTE 3: Whenever an
Anti-Death Penalty campaigner claim that capital punishment is more expensive
than LWOP, please keep in mind, they are the reason why the death penalty
system is expensive. If they claim that the money saved can be use for victims’
services, why not help fight for the end of the inhumane parole. Truth is ‘expensive’
is a word use to manipulate the public in order to leave criminals unpunished. Do
not be surprise, as they are also complaining that mass incarceration and
victims’ rights services are also expensive and need to be abolished too.
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People think that I'm really into politics
Nope! I hate politics! But I hate lies and distortions of the truth even more I
hate seeing the media act as an arm of the leftist progressive movement
manipulating the populous with propaganda and false unproven ideology I'm not
into politics I'm concerned for humanity The Pacification of Humanity.
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We, the
comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, who truly have compassion for murder victims
and their families, will not only remember the victim but we will encourage
people to support the victim’s rights activist to fight the murderers’ release.
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Paula Bohovesky
(January 1, 1964 to October 28,
1980)
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://ie.gofundme.com/f/Deny-Parole-to-Paulas-Killers]
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Girl,
16, Raped and Killed While Leaving Library in 1980 — Now Her Killers Are Set to
Be Released
Paula
Bohovesky was attacked and killed by Richard LaBarbera and Robert McCain
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