David Gilbert, convicted in deadly 1981 armored car robbery, granted parole

San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin praised a New York parole board Tuesday after his father, former Weather Underground radical David Gilbert, was granted parole after serving 40 years for his role in a deadly 1981 Brink's robbery that resulted in the killings of a guard and two police officers.

The decision to grant Gilbert parole came after a lobbying campaign on his behalf but was met with critics who say justice has not been served.

Boudin, who was 14 months old when his father and mother, Kathy Boudin, who was also imprisoned in connection to the heist, said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press that he is "grateful to the Parole Board and to everyone who ha supported my father" during his time in prison.

"I'm thinking about the other children affected by this crime and want to make sure that nothing I do or say further upsets the victims' families," the statement read. "Their loved ones will never be forgotten. And I am thinking of the other people inside who have worked so hard to transform their lives and hope one day to return home."