WBFO s Tom Dinki reports.
Stanley Bellamy, an 58-year-old inmate serving a 62-year-to-life sentence at Green Haven Correctional Facility, briefly joined the rally via a prison telephone.
“I’m one of the many incarcerated elders praying for the passing of parole for elders,” he began, referring to a bill that would allow older inmates who have served at least 15 years to be considered for parole, regardless of their crime or sentence.
Activists rally outside the Westchester County Courthouse Tuesday.
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But Bellamy was then cut off with an automated message warning he had just one minute left on his call.