COs Denounce Parole Board's Decision to Release 'Thrill Killer'
After public outcry and two delays on a review of the case, board votes to parole Alfred Brissette, who killed a Woonsocket woman in 1999.
The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers has denounced the RI Parole Board's decision to release "Thrill Killer" Alfred Brissette 13 years into a 35-year sentence. Brissette is convicted of killing Jeanette Descoteaux of Woonsocket, pleading "no contest" to killing her for the thrill. He'll be out on parole this year with 22 years of his sentence left for the 1999 murder of the Woonsocket woman. Turnto10.com reported Monday that the murderer will be freed as planned according to the board's original June 2012 vote. “We are absolutely disgusted and appalled that the Parole Board would put the citizens of Rhode Island in danger by voting again to release ‘The Thrill Killer,’ said David Mellon, President of RIBCO. "Here is a …
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P Sturtevan
10:00 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Remember, your civil servants (I hate the term 'servant' ... how about civil representatives?) will protect you ... just dial 911. Remember that these 'servants' are better than the rest of us. For example, You could never be as competent or trustworthy with a firearm as your local police officer; Nor as competent at making rational decisions regarding the release of potentially dangerous and … more ›