By Philip Newman
The state Division of Paroles denied Moseley parole for the 13th time Wednesday, a day short of the 44th anniversary of the slaying, on the grounds that he still posed a threat to society.
Genovese, 28, was arriving home from her job as night manager of Ev's 11th Hour Club in Hollis when she was stabbed repeatedly as she walked toward her apartment house at 82-62 Austin St. in Kew Gardens at 3:20 a.m. on March 13, 1964.
Despite her screams, police investigators said, none of her 38 neighbors came to her aid with some saying they had not wanted to get involved.
The case was proclaimed as an example of the concept that urban life can promote an “every-man-for-himself” society.
Moseley, 29, of Richmond Hill was arrested five days later and confessed to the murder of Genovese and was sentenced to death, but on appeal the death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.
Moseley, now 73, escaped from a hospital ward of Attica state prison in 1968 and terrorized a rural area for three days, raping a woman before he was recaptured.
The debate went on for years over why 38 people (37 if you take into consideration a man who telephoned a friend on Long Island to ask advice before calling police after it was too late) could not act to save another human being.
