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Family of slain cop seeks denial of killer's parole

Quick ReadThe killer, John MacKenzie, is up for parole next week after serving nearly 35 years of a 25-years-to-life prison sentence.

Funeral of Police Officer Matthew Giglio at St.

Photo credit: Newsday File Photo | Funeral of Police Officer Matthew Giglio at St. Josephs RC Church. Mrs. Matthew Giglio, wife of slain officer, follows the casket out of the church on way to Holy Rood Cemetery. (Dec. 19, 1975)

Flanked by Nassau's top law enforcers, the family of a county cop murdered in 1975 by a prowling burglar made a public plea Friday morning to keep the man who shot their father locked up.

The killer, John MacKenzie, is up for parole next week after serving nearly 35 years of a 25-years-to-life prison sentence in the death of 35-year-old Patrolman Matthew Giglio during the burglary in West...

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