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NY's longest-serving inmate dies at 72
June 1, 2009
Posted on 06/01/2009 6:19:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Jerry Rosenberg, New York's longest serving inmate, has died of natural causes after 46 years in state prison.
Rosenberg was 72 and doing time for a botched 1962 stickup in Brooklyn that left two off-duty police officers dead. Rosenberg had maintained his innocence.
He had been held at the Wende Correctional Facility's medical unit since 2000 and died Monday. Corrections officials say privacy laws prohibit them from providing a specific cause of death. A picture taken in March shows him with an oxygen tube.
Rosenberg was hours away from the electric chair in 1964 when he received a stay.
In 1967, Rosenberg became the first inmate in the state to earn a law degree behind bars. He was a prisoner spokesmen during the Attica uprising in 1971
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: electricchair; inmate
Other Dead Rosenbergs
To: JoeProBono
A lot faster than anyone on Death Row in California.
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:20:27 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: JoeProBono
"Well....bye!" (Happy 60th, Powers!)
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:21:37 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The Huskies are Gator Bait!)
To: JoeProBono
Other dead inmates:
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:22:27 PM PDT
by
Lizavetta
(Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
To: JoeProBono
after 46 years in state prisonObama will have a press conference about his outrage shortly...
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:23:41 PM PDT
by
John123
(Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:26:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Lizavetta
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:27:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:27:42 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
To: John123
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:28:56 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:31:21 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:33:06 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:40:43 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: camle; Alkhin; Professional Engineer; katana; Mr. Silverback; MadIvan; agrarianlady; ...
[Anyone got a screen cap of Red Dwarf’s Birdman?]
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:43:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 133 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: null and void
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posted on
06/01/2009 6:46:03 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Rosenberg proclaimed his innocence till the end. He was a helluva lawyer, procuring his jailhouse clients numerous acquittals, but alas he could never secure himself one. He wrote a really great book that detailed his exploits. Don’t know if he was guilty or not, but he was an extremely bright talented person.
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posted on
06/01/2009 7:19:17 PM PDT
by
appeal2
(Government is not the solution, it is the problem and eventually the enemy.)
To: JoeProBono
Prayers for a misguided soul.
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posted on
06/02/2009 7:03:22 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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