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<\/p>\nThe Oakland County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, Michigan Attorney General\u2019s Office and the family of a woman murdered by her estranged husband in 1976 are seeking a reversal of a killer\u2019s parole from prison, as granted last month by the state\u2019s parole board.<\/p>\n
Leslie Moran, 85, has spent nearly 50 years behind bars after shooting to death Deborah Humenny Moran on Sept. 20, 1976. She was 22 years old when Leslie Moran lured her to his home with a bogus story about needing a ride to the airport, then shot her multiple times in the head and chest. He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1977 and sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor\u2019s office, attorney general\u2019s office and Deborah Humenny Moran\u2019s family say he has shown no remorse and hasn\u2019t taken responsibility for the slaying \u2014 and should not be let out of prison. A petition to block the parole was filed last week in Oakland County Circuit Court, and the parole is on hold pending the court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n
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Michigan Dept. of Corrections<\/p>\n
Leslie Moran (MDOC, 2022 image)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile Deborah Humenny Moran cannot speak for herself at the parole board, her family continues to advocate for her memory,\u201d Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald stated in a news release. \u201cHer killer has never shown remorse or taken responsibility for his crime. We cannot allow him to escape accountability, even a half-century later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leslie Moran was previously denied parole in 2010, 2017 and 2022, and last November Gov. Gretchen Whitmer denied his commutation request.<\/p>\n
\u201cGranting parole to an individual who refuses to accept responsibility, blames his victim, and continues to present a threat to public safety is unacceptable and a clear abuse of discretion by the Parole Board,\u201d Attorney General Dana Nessel stated in the news release. \u201cMy office is committed to working alongside the Oakland County Prosecutor\u2019s Office and Deborah\u2019s family to ensure this convicted murderer remains behind bars and justice is upheld.\u201d<\/p>\n
Along with those claims, the joint motion argues that Leslie Moran continues to blame the victim for his actions, and \u201chas been less than forthright\u201d with the parole board. It also states that the parole board \u201cclearly abused its discretion in choosing not to depart from the parole guidelines for these substantial and compelling reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added Deborah Humenny Moran\u2019s sister, Sandra Humenny: \u201cFor nearly fifty years, Inmate Moran has refused to accept responsibility, instead blaming Debby, the psychologist, the courts, and anyone else he can while changing his story again and again. Michigan\u2019s leaders have long recognized the danger he poses. Since 1977, six Governors have denied every commutation request he has filed. In November 2025, Governor Gretchen Whitmer denied his latest request \u2014 following the Parole Board\u2019s own recommendation of denial.\u201d<\/p>\n
Humenny said more than 1,000 letters were submitted to the Parole Board opposing Leslie Moran\u2019s release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision (to grant parole\u201d ignores the evidence, ignores prosecutors and the Attorney General\u2019s Office, and ignores the lifelong devastation to my family \u2014 especially to my mother, who died believing the system would protect her daughter\u2019s memory,\u201d she stated. \u201cDebby cannot speak for herself. My mother cannot speak for her. I will. The Parole Board needs to reverse this decision immediately for my safety, the safety of my family, and the members of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leslie Moran is locked up at the Egeler Reception and Guidance Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oakland County Prosecutor\u2019s Office, Michigan Attorney General\u2019s Office and the family of a woman murdered by her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[137928,137929,75040,137930,143,25791,145,144,89543,137927],"class_list":["post-333069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-deborah-humenny-moran","tag-leslie-moran","tag-mdoc","tag-michigan-prison","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county-circuit-court","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-parole-board","tag-parole-reversal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}