In explaining why he dissented from his two colleagues on the state Parole Board panel who April 17 granted Judith Clark her release after more than 37 years in prison for her role in the 1981 murders of Brink’s guard Peter Paige and Nyack Police Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Police Officer Waverly Brown, Commissioner W. William Smith Jr.’s most-gripping argument concerned the slain men’s families.
Speaking directly to Ms. Clark, he wrote, “In time, the thousands of written comments in opposition and in favor of your release will be put in storage. Media coverage will lessen. What will not diminish is the loss felt by the loved ones of [those who were killed]. The sound of their weeping will remain.”
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