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Departing Cuomo Stirs Outrage By Commuting Militant's Murder Rap

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 8/25/21

David Gilbert, who has served four decades in prison for his role in a militant group’s 1981 robbery of a Brink’s truck in Rockland County that resulted in the killing of a guard and two Nyack policemen, will have a chance to make the case that he has done his time. 

In one of his last official acts as Governor before leaving office Aug. 24, Andrew Cuomo granted Mr. Gilbert, now 76, the opportunity to go before the State Parole Board for potential release.

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