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November 18, 2020

Religious Leaders, Nobel Laureates Call on Gov. Cuomo to Grant Clemency to Activist David Gilbert
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The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request by elderly prisoners to
require stronger pandemic precautions at a Texas prison - despite older
people being much more vulnerable to the coronavirus.

This comes as a group of prominent religious leaders and peace activists
have called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to grant clemency to
76-year-old David Gilbert, a Weather Underground activist who has been
behind bars for nearly four decades for his role in the murder of two
police officers and a security guard in 1981. The letter to Cuomo is
signed by Nobel Peace laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and
the families of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.


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