Robert Dennison, Parole Board Chief Turned Inmate Advocate, Dies at 75
After growing disillusioned with the board he had run, he became, a colleague said, “a vocal critic of the arbitrary and arcane parole system.”
Robert Dennison in 2016. After stepping down as chairman of the New York State Parole Board in 2007, he worked on behalf of convicted criminals.Credit.Bryan Thomas for The New York Times
Aug. 3, 2021Updated 6:49 p.m. ET
Robert Dennison, a former chairman of the New York State Parole Board who became a powerful champion of wrongfully convicted or remorseful inmates in high-profile cases, died on July 26 at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 75.
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