Contact: USC Law News Service
Gilien Silsby (213) 500-8673
E-mail: gsilsby@law.usc.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY
BATTERED WOMAN SERVING 29 YEARS
AND REPRESENTED BY USC LAW STUDENT
TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON TODAY
WHAT: Connie Keel, who has spent 29 years in prison for sitting in a car while her husband robbed and killed a shop owner, will be released from prison today, April 1. The 50-year-old woman was represented by USC Law student Adam Reich.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not reverse a parole board’s recommendation on Friday to release Keel. This is one of the few times Schwarzenegger has not blocked a prisoner’s release on the Parole Board’s first recommendation.
WHERE: Keel will be available for interviews and a reunion with her family at Crossroads Inc., the transitional home where Keel will live for the first six months. Crossroads is located at 1269 N. Harvard Ave.,
WHEN: Today, April 1, at 11 a.m. (She may arrive at Crossroads later, depending on the prison’s administrative processes.)
WHO: Keel and Reich will be available for press interviews at Crossroads.
FURTHER DETAILS: Call Gilien Silsby at (213) 500-8673
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