Departing Cuomo Grants Clemency to Ex-Weather Underground Terrorist

Departing Cuomo Grants Clemency to Ex-Weather Underground Terrorist
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gives a farewell speech via online video in New York on Aug. 23, 2021. New York Governor’s Office via AP
Ella Kietlinska
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On his last day in office,  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, granted clemency, on Monday, to a former member of the Weather Underground domestic terrorist group convicted of murder and robbery.

Cuomo referred to the parole board 76-year-old David Gilbert, a former activist of the radical left Weather Underground group, who was convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery for his participation in the robbery of a Brinks armored truck in Nyack, New York in 1981.

Ella Kietlinska
Ella Kietlinska
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Ella Kietlinska is an Epoch Times reporter covering U.S. and world politics.
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