Religious leaders, Nobel laureates call on New York governor to grant clemency to David Gilbert

Edited by Ed Newman
2020-11-19 12:54:41

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Image Credit: "David Gilbert - A Lifetime of Struggle"

New York, November 19 (RHC)-- A group of prominent religious leaders and peace activists in the United States and around the world 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.  

According to media reports, 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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