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Jay Pobliner, who was paroled in 2002 after serving decades in prison and then on work-release for killing his wife in 1968, sells bedding and hand bags in the Empire State Plaza's concourse in Albany, N.Y., Monday, March 10, 2008. Parole for murderers and other violent felons flared into a political issue recently after their release rates increased under former Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The controversy is unlikely to fade away under Gov. David Paterson, with Republican critics still pressing for changes.