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.
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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Maria Gazaille
4:33 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Seriously Bring back the death penalty and see what a "thrill" they get more ›