Two Cop Killers Are Paroled in Chicago
Convicted cop killers Joseph Hurst and Johnny Veal have been paroled in Chicago.
On Thursday, 68-year-old Veal and 77-year-old Hurst were both granted parole by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board after killing police officers in two separate incidents.
Law Enforcement Today reports that “in Hurst’s case, he was convicted for the 1967 killing Officer Herman Stallworth – as well as wounding the deceased officer’s partner during the incident. Hurst was said to have been pulled over for speeding back in ’67, which is when he killed he killed Officer Stallworth and wounded his partner. Hurst was originally sentenced to the death penalty, but was then re-sentenced to 100-300 years in prison after the U.S. Supreme Court placed a moratorium on capital punishment in 1972.”
Veal murdered Sergeant James Severin and Officer Anthony Rizzato in 1970 in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing complex.
