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February 22, 2008

Convicted killer 'Freddie' Bishop due back in court

Alfred “Freddie” Bishop, a convicted killer who spent 33 years behind bars for murder, is scheduled to be arraigned today for a new murder charge.

Prosecutors say Bishop, 65, killed Gabriel Medeiros, 35, last June after breaking into a home, and shooting both Medeiros’s brother and sister-in-law before fatally shooting Medeiros.

Bishop had spent 33 years in jail for the 1973 murder of James Dunn, who had been Bishops close friend. He was out of jail for less than a year when he was charged in the Medeiros murder.

A 1993 Providence Journal profile reported that in 1978, corrections officials sent Bishop and 14 other inmates deemed to be wielding control inside the prison out of state.

Then-Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy said at the time that “guards and inmates live in constant mortal fear for their lives.”

Bishop’s arraignment is scheduled for this morning in Kent County Superior Court.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 8:19 AM | Permalink

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