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He's 84 and battled COVID. Should Sundiata Acoli get out of NJ prison?


Trenton Bureau
The inmate is 84 and was hospitalized with COVID-19 last year. He’s showing signs of early-onset dementia. He’s kept a clean disciplinary record for more than half of the nearly 50 years he’s been in prison.
He saw the prospect of freedom several years ago when a state panel of judges granted him parole, but a technicality kept him locked behind bars.
A team of advocates and lawyers have tried for months to convince Gov. Phil Murphy through a back channel to use his executive power to let him spend what may be his final days at home with one of his daughters, but they said the front office has stopped responding to their entreaties. ....

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Kim Montelaro murder: Family opposes Chris Righetti parole hearing


Every few years, Paul Montelaro has to relive the worst moment in his family s history.
Kim Montelaro, Paul s older sister, was brutally raped and murdered in 1976 by Christopher Righetti, who was convicted in the 20-year-old s death a year later. When he was 16,
 Righetti abducted Kim Montelaro in the parking lot of Paramus Park mall and then raped and stabbed her before dumping her body in the woods of Washington Township.
Now, Righetti could be released from prison when he becomes eligible for parole later this year.
This will be his sixth time up for parole since 1991, including most recently in 2016. ....

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He's 84 and battled COVID. Should Sundiata Acoli get out of NJ prison?


The inmate is 84 and was hospitalized with COVID-19 last year. He’s showing signs of early-onset dementia. He’s kept a clean disciplinary record for more than half of the nearly 50 years he’s been in prison.
He saw the prospect of freedom several years ago when a state panel of judges granted him parole, but a technicality kept him locked behind bars.
A team of advocates and lawyers have tried for months to convince Gov. Phil Murphy through a backchannel to use his executive power to let him spend what may be his final days at home with one of his daughters, but they said the front office has stopped responding to their entreaties. ....

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