One of the former Black Nationalist activists who shot and killed a New Jersey State Trooper in one of the state’s most infamous homicides was paroled Tuesday.
The New Jersey state Supreme Court granted parole to Sundiata Acoli nearly 50 years after the radical Black Liberation Army activist shot and killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a traffic stop near New Brunswick. The Court ruled, 3-2, to overrule a parole board decision denying Acoli parole, The New York Times reported.
In his majority opinion for the Court, Associate Justice Barry T. Albin wrote that the parole board had not sufficiently proved that Acoli would be likely to commit another crime. Acoli is 85 and is currently in the early stages of dementia, NBC 4 New York noted.
“No member of the Court disputes that Acoli committed a horrific crime,” Albin wrote. “The issue, however, is whether Acoli, after nearly five decades of imprisonment, has satisfied the statutory demands that govern his parole eligibility. The Parole Board, like every government agency, must faithfully discharge the law entrusted to it, even when it may not be popular to do so. However despised Acoli may be in the eyes of many because of the notoriety of his crime, he too is entitled to the protection of the law — and to the fair and impartial administration of justice. That is what our commitment to the rule of law requires.”
Acoli will be released to his daughter and her family, with whom he will live in accordance with his parole plan.
Should have NO PAROLE !!! SICK GOVT Lock up the Judges
Prisons don’t like Alzheimer’s patients. They take up too much staff time and effort. He’ll be on public assistance for the rest of his days. Sadly, he’ll probably get to vote, too.
Prison in America is Just a FREE Retirement Home on the taxpayers !!! FACT
TIME is no punishment ONLY a Joke on America !!!
Only other countrys have REAL Prisons like N Korea / Iran / China / Russia / SEND ours THERE !!!