Judith Alice Clark ( born November 23 , 1949 ) is an American activist and convicted felon . A former participant in the Weather Underground , Clark was an unarmed getaway driver in the Brink 's robbery of 1981 in Nanuet , New York . The robbery resulted in the deaths of a security guard and two Nyack , New York police officers . Clark was arrested in October 1981 and convicted of felony murder for her role in the crime . She was sentenced to the maximum penalty allowed by law : Imprisonment for a term of 75 years to life at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York . In December 2016 , after extensive public and legal support , Clark was granted clemency by Governor Andrew Cuomo and her sentence was commuted to 35 years to life , making her eligible for parole . She was denied parole in April 2017 , but was granted parole on April 17 , 2019 after spending 38 years in prison . Clark was released on May 10 , 2019
Brink 's robbery
Brink's robbery (1981)
Judith Alice Clark