The power of the state parole board to revoke an inmate’s release is under challenge for at least the second time in recent months as an appeal before the Appellate Division, First Department, alleges the panel illegally yielded to pressure in rescinding parole in a sensational kidnapping case.
Aurelina Leonor, who is serving an 18-year-to-life term in connection with the 1993 kidnapping of businessman Harvey Weinstein, argues on appeal that the parole board withered under criticism from the New York Post and rescinded her release for no reason other than a ruckus caused by the newspaper.
