Rensselaer County’s Local Conditional Release Commission voted 3-1 on January 14 to release Mary Beth Anslow from jail three months into her one year sentence.
Anslow was convicted of endangering the welfare of a child after Laura Mae Marbot, a 3-month-old, died while in the care of the illegal day care center Anslow ran. The Commission’s 3-1 vote did not include votes of two members who could not attend the meeting and openly opposed her release.
Her release angered many and County Executive Kathy Jimino and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno have been trying to get Anslow’s release rescinded. Attorneys are looking into the fact that she may have applied for release again too soon after her first application was denied. State law mandates that the inmate wait 60 days before applying again.
Jimino has asked members of the Commission to resign and several have. In addition, Anslow’s attorney, Rensselaer County Republican Party Chairman Jack Casey, has quit the case and future actions related to it citing a conflict of interest since Couny Executive Jimino, also a Republican, is among those leading the way to have the release rescinded.
