Murder, mayhem and parole: 7 notorious Staten Island inmates seek freedom this year Updated Jan 11, 2021; STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Will 2021 be the year some of the most notorious inmates from Staten Island get sprung from prison? Seven of those individuals are scheduled to appear before a state parole board over the next 12 months. Five of them are serving life sentences for murder. Their victims run the gamut from one man’s 3-year-old daughter to another’s handicapped fiancée. One killer had met his victim in a bar. Another was just 17 when he brutally killed a neighbor and her parents over a half-century ago.