# Kitty Genovese murderer denied parole this month **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-genovese-murderer-denied-parole-this-month/674863 "2013-11-26T21:54:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-genovese-murderer-denied-parole-this-month/674863/1 "2013-11-26T21:54:30Z")
Another thread reminded me of the infamous 1964 [murder of Kitty Genovese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese). A week an a half ago, [the now-78-year-old murderer was denied parole](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/16/parole-denied-for-winston-moseley_n_4287172.html). The murder is not something I think about often. I only became aware of it from Harlan Ellison’s (inaccurate, as it turns out) article that was reprinted in one of his books. I never stopped to wonder if the guy was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-genovese-murderer-denied-parole-this-month/674863/2 "2013-11-26T22:09:05Z")
Good. Not even the most gullible bleeding heart would think that someone like this could be rehabilitated, I hope: > [@](#): > > While in custody, Moseley confessed to killing Genovese. He detailed the attack, corroborating the physical evidence at the scene. His motive for the attack was simply “to kill a woman.” Moseley preferred to kill women because, he said, “they were easier and didn’t fight back”. Moseley stated that he got up that night around 2:00am, leaving his wife asleep at home, and drove around to find a victim. He spied Genovese and followed her to the parking lot. He confessed not only to the murder of Kitty Genovese, but also to two other murders of women, both involving sexual assaults. He also confessed to committing “30 to 40” burglaries. Subsequent psychiatric examinations suggested that Moseley was a necrophile. > … > Moseley became eligible for parole in 1984. **During his first parole hearing, Moseley told the parole board that the notoriety he faced due to his crimes also made him a victim stating, “For a victim outside, it’s a one-time or one-hour or one-minute affair, but for the person who’s caught, it’s forever.”** according to [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese). I emphatically do not believe in the death penalty as a form of torture or vengeance, but I do fully believe that it is justified to humanely euthanize people like this, for the same reason you humanely euthanize a vicious dog. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-genovese-murderer-denied-parole-this-month/674863/3 "2013-11-27T07:16:48Z")
Wow. I was just a tween at the time, so I read about it and knew about, but not entirely. I never realized that they actually caught the perp and put him away. This thread is the first I knew of that. Ignorance fought.