David Gilbert (activist)

David Gilbert
David Gilbert
Born	October 6, 1944
Education	Columbia University
Criminal charges	robbery, felony murder: three counts of second-degree Murder; four counts of first-degree Robbery;
Criminal penalty	75-years-to-life sentence
Criminal status	recipient of clemency advancing parole eligibility; Paroled after service of commuted 40-year minimum of life maximum term;
Partner	Kathy Boudin
Children	Chesa Boudin

David Gilbert (born October 6, 1944) is an American radical leftist who participated in the deadly 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored vehicle. Gilbert was a founder of the Columbia University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society and became a member of the Weather Underground. Gilbert, who served as the getaway driver in the robbery, was convicted under New York's felony murder law in the killing by co-defendants of two Nyack, New York police officers and a Brink's security guard.

Gilbert received a grant of clemency from Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 23, 2021, reducing his minimum term from 75 years to 40, thereby making him eligible for conditional release. He was granted parole on October 26, 2021, and released on November 4, 2021.

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