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| Assault Victim Calls For Changes To NYS Parole Law |
| By wgrz.com - Michael Wooten |
| Published: 06/22/2011 |
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A local woman's struggle with the state justice system has some in Western New York calling for changes to the laws that govern how inmates are released on parole. Renita Salim of Buffalo met her husband Rafiq in 1990. He was incarcerated at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden; she was a volunteer. Rafiq was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in the death of a woman in the 1970s. Rafiq was 16 years old when the burglary-gone-bad happened in Suffolk County. Renita says the two fell in love, and she thought Rafiq was a changed man from the teenager who committed the heinous crime. "You know, if God can forgive, so can I," Renita said. Renita and Rafiq married while he was still in prison. In 2007, he was released on parole. "From 1976 to 2007, that's a lot of years," Renita said. "So much had changed. The whole world had changed." And she said Rafiq quickly changed as well, as he struggled to make the transition into society. Renita says that's when the abuse started happening. "I kept quiet," she said. "I kept it from my family. I didn't tell them." The couple eventually separated, but Renita said the threats continued. Read More. |
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