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Libfags her killer's death sentence commuted and he later escaped, took hostages and raped a woman.
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Charles Skoller, the former assistant district attorney, supports part of Mr. De May's conclusion. ''I don't think 38 people witnessed it,'' said Mr. Skoller, now retired. ''I don't know where that came from, the 38. I didn't count 38. We only found half a dozen that saw what was going on, that we could use.''
To begin, he points out that there were two attacks on Kitty Genovese, not three, as The Times initially indicated. The newspaper later acknowledged the discrepancy -- it was caused by confused police accounts -- but three is still given as the number of attacks, recently in ''The Tipping Point'' by Malcolm Gladwell and ''New York: An Illustrated History'' by Ric Burns and James Sanders. Since the extra attack was supposed to have occurred in full view of surrounding windows, it added to an impression of callous disregard by neighbors.
Every bit as significant as the brevity of the first attack, Mr. De May believes, was the location of the second, more sustained attack. This occurred in a narrow foyer at the back of Ms. Genovese's building, indoors and facing away from the Mowbray toward the railroad tracks. This is where Kitty had gone to seek safety, and where Mr. Moseley discovered her. Only one witness, a man who lived at the top of the stairs, could have seen what occurred in that foyer, Mr. De May said.