RIH Winston Moseley

[silverscreenselect]

The murderer of Kitty Genovese, the New York woman whose death attracted a media storm in 1964 because literally dozens of neighbors heard her scream for help when she was attacked outside her apartment building in 1964. Initial reports of the case said that no one called the police or tried to help but that account has been disputed by the New York Times and Genovese's brother. Genovese died on the way to the hospital. Moseley was arrested several days later on unrelated charges and confessed to the Genovese murder (and the murders of two other women) while being interrogated by the police. Moseley's death sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment (he escaped from jail briefly in 1968 and took several hostages while on the loose for about a week). Moseley was denied parole on 18 separate occasions, and he died in prison.

Age 81.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... /82644840/

[Bob Juch]

I'm sorry to admit that he's a distant cousin.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Moseley's death sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment ...

I've seen some stories say "reduced" and I've seen some say "commuted." I'm not sure which is accurate, but the stories all point to 1972, which implies the reduction was due to the SCOTUS ruling that the death penalty (as it was then being used) was unconstitutional under the eighth amendment. That same ruling is why we still have Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan taking up prison space; and, as I've noted before, why a certain killer in Alabama didn't get the death penalty in 1974, although his crime was heinous enough to warrant it.

(Not saying that the ruling was wrong, just saying that this is the result.)

[earendel]

I'm sorry to admit that he's a distant cousin.

Is there anyone you aren't related to?

[Bob Juch]

I'm sorry to admit that he's a distant cousin.

Is there anyone you aren't related to?

Yeah, Ghengis Kahn as far as I know.