Petition for Paula growing
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A Facebook “cause” page, where individuals can sign up opposing parole for the two killers of Paula Bohovesky in 1980, has gathered close to 3,000 electronic signatures, which will be submitted to parole authorities.
The page, and a PetitionForPaula.org Web site have been created by a coalition headed by County Legislator John Murphy, whose own children were classmates of Paula and her brother Peter when the 16-year-old honor student, artist and aspiring actress was grabbed off a Pearl River street, beaten, sexually assaulted and repeatedly stabbed before being left to die just blocks from home.
Two men, Robert McCain and Richard LaBarbera, were convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life. They have applied for parole twice since becoming eligible and have been rejected both times — in 2005 and again in 2007.
They come up again in the next few months and the Web site and Facebook page are designed to supplement paper petitions circulating in and near Pearl River.
The Facebook page, which can be accessed after joining the free social networking service, went on line Sunday and collected 2,847 names as of 3 p.m. yesterday.
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