Weld Seeks Release of Woman Held in Boyfriend’s Death
BOSTON — Gov. William F. Weld on Wednesday asked that a woman convicted of killing the former boyfriend she said abused and threatened her be released from prison.
Weld asked the Governor’s Council to commute Eugenia Moore’s life sentence for second-degree murder, spokeswoman Virginia Buckingham said. Moore was convicted of killing former boyfriend Alfred Phillips in June, 1985.
An advisory board of pardons recommended to Weld earlier this month that Moore’s sentence be commuted. The Governor’s Council has the final decision.
Moore, 33, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus driver, reported earlier the day of Phillips’ death that he accosted her while she was driving her bus. When Phillips surprised her later outside a drugstore, Moore said she thought he was going to kill her. A struggle ensued and Phillips was stabbed twice.
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