Diane Piagentini, widow of slain police officer Joseph Piagentini, holds a photo of her husband from their wedding day in 1966, after a parole hearing in New York in 2004. Photo: Diane Bondareff/AP
A request to reconsider the release on parole supervision of Herman Bell, who was convicted in the murder of two police officers nearly five decades ago, was rejected Thursday by a state appellate court in Albany.
The Appellate Division, Third Department wrote in the ruling that the widow of one of the murdered officers did not have standing to challenge the Parole Board’s decision.
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