‘Does Not Warrant a Reduction of His Sentence’: Judge Denies Early Release for Ex-Cop Convicted for 1997 Sexual Assault and Battery of Abner Louima
A judge has denied compassionate release for an ex-NYPD cop serving time for a brutal 1997 attack on a Black immigrant being held in police custody. Former NYPD officer Justin Volpe requested compassionate release over health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Volpe has spent the past 21 years in prison for beating and sodomizing Abner…
