David Gilbert (activist)
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David Gilbert (born October 6, 1944) is an American radical leftist who participated in the deadly 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored vehicle. Gilbert was a founder of the Columbia University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society and became a member of the Weather Underground.[2] Gilbert, who served as the getaway driver in the robbery, was convicted under New York's felony murder law in the killing by co-defendants of two Nyack, New York police officers and a Brink's security guard.[3]
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Born | (1944-10-06) October 6, 1944 (age 79) |
Education | Columbia University |
Criminal charges | robbery, felony murder:
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Criminal penalty | 75-years-to-life sentence |
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Partner | Kathy Boudin |
Children | Chesa Boudin |
Gilbert received a grant of clemency from Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 23, 2021, reducing his minimum term from 75 years to 40, thereby making him eligible for conditional release.[4] He was granted parole on October 26, 2021,[5] and released on November 4, 2021.[6]