The New York Correction History Society (NYCHS) has posted an 11-page special
section entitled "The Continuing C.O. George Motchan Story" on its web site
at http://www.correctionhistory.org

New York City Correction Officer George Motchan was slain during an escape 25
years ago by an inmate who had been in custody on a murder charge. Recaptured
on the day of Officer Motchan's funeral, the inmate was later tried,
convicted and at first sentenced to be executed under the state law mandating
capital punishment for the murder of an officer performing his or her duty.
As the result of a high court decision invaliding the mandatory aspect of
some capital punishment laws, the inmate death sentence was set aside. A
25-years-to-life term of incarceration was imposed instead.  The inmate
became eligible to apply for parole this month.

While parole-related letters by the Motchan family, the Correction
Commissioner and the Correction Officers' union president are included, the
section's focus is not on the inmate's application. The focus is on the story
of the officer, his life and death, his family before and after, and the
remembrances of him, both personal and official. The parole issue is only the
latest development in that continuing story.

The special section can be accessed via the "Chronicles" or the "In Memoriam"
icon on the NYCHS home page at http://www.correctionhistory.org

Other recent additions that can be accessed via the "In Memoriam" icon on the
NYCHS home page at http://www.correctionhistory.org are:
    -- NYS DOCS Memorial Monument Dedicated at Training Academy in Albany
    -- Rikers judicial center named in memory of former COBA, CCA president
Donald J. Cranston.

Other recent additions that can be accessed via the "Chronicles" icon on the
NYCHS home page at http://www.correctionhistory.org are:
    -- Brief History of Hart Island Nike Missile Site -- The Cold War in LI
Sound
    -- Celebrating 50 Years NYC DOC Service: Al Mandanici retirement

A recent addition that can be accessed via the "Museums" icon on the NYCHS
home page at http://www.correctionhistory.org is:
    -- CORRECTIONS MUSEUM at NYS DOCS Training Academy in Albany

A recent addition that can be accessed via the "About Us" icon on the NYCHS
home page at http://www.correctionhistory.org is:
    -- Virtual NYCHS Tour of Hart Island

Thomas McCarthy
general secretary,
New York Correction History Society
http://www.correctionhistory.org
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60 Hudson Street, Room 608
New York, NY 10013
212 266 1016
212 266-1597 fax