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Parole denied for cop killer
Eileen Kelley, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. 16, 2011

A panel has recommended that parole be denied for convicted cop killer Russell Belll.

Bell and an accomplice, Wayne Reed, killed Cincinnati police officer Charles Burdsall in July 1978 after Burdsall stymied the duo's attempt to rob a convenience store.

Burdsall was shot three times at close range and died while cradled in the arms of another officer on the street.

Bell, 58, has been in prison more than half his life.

He met with a panel Wednesday, where he asked to be released from his life behind bars. It was his fourth attempt at freedom.

The panel said no and recommended that he come back again in September 2014. That year is when his accomplice will also again seek parole.

"Beautiful, that's great news," said Bret Vinocur of www.blockparole.com, which along with Cincinnati's police union staged a letter- and e-mail-writing campaign to the Ohio Parole Board. As of Tuesday afternoon, the board had received 1,335 letters of opposition for Bell's Wednesday parole hearing.

It is rare for the panel's decision to be overturned, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said early Wednesday evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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