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Aug 10, 2016 · Last Thursday, John MacKenzie reportedly hung himself in his cell at Fishkill Correctional Facility after he was denied parole the previous week. It was his 10th denial of parole since he...
We miss him dearly. In an essay published before his death, John writes, “If society wishes to rehabilitate as well as punish wrongdoers through imprisonment, then society must also ensure that ‘punishment’ never crosses the line over to ‘torture.’. Society – through its lawmakers – must bear the responsibility of tempering justice with mercy.
Aug 9, 2016 · On Thursday morning, 70-year-old John Mackenzie was found dead in what appears to have been a suicide at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Nine days earlier, in a two-to-one decision,...
Aug 9, 2021 · A coalition of nonprofits and activist fighting for parole reform gathered in Manhattan last week to honor John MacKenzie, a convicted murderer who died by suicide at the age of 70 in 2016 in Fishkill Correctional Facility after being denied parole for the tenth and final time.
- Jacob Kaye
Oct 28, 2016 · John MacKenzie, who murdered Officer Matthew Giglio in 1975, repented and became a model inmate, but was repeatedly denied parole. It was too much for him to bear.
Aug 6, 2016 · John MacKenzie, whose repeated parole denials focused attention on the extreme cruelty of the New York State Parole Board, died in an apparent suicide in Fishkill Correctional Facility Wednesday following his tenth parole denial after more than 40 years in prison.
Sep 6, 2016 · On July 26, John MacKenzie went before the parole board at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, N.Y., and made the case, once again, for his freedom. He had been locked up since 1975...
