"Justice Has Been Done" — JP Reacts to Conviction in Murder of Tedeschi Clerk

JP residents reacted to the news that Ed Corliss has been with a mix of relief that justice has been done and outrage that Corliss was out on parole to kill again.

"That never should have happened," said Nick, who declined to give a last name as he ate a slice across from the Monument on Tuesday. "It was senseless. He served his time, got out and did it again."

Corliss murdered a Salisbury convenience store clerk in 1971. He was on parole in December 2009 when he shot and killed Surendra Dangol during a robbery that netted him about $700.

"I thought it was awful," said Benjamin Pettee, a regular at the Tedeschi's by the Monument. "I remember the guy. All he was doing was going in to work doing his job. Nobody deserves that."

Pettee, 27, had just gotten a candy bar at the when he stopped to talk to Patch.

"It's good that justice has been done," he said.

Two doors down at , longtime employee Ana Solís remembered the night the clerk was gunned down. She said she was scared at the time. She said she was happy to hear that Corliss will get at least life in prison without parole. That's the minimum for a first-degree murder conviction, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

"He's where he should be," said Solís, who spoke in Spanish.

Isabel, who declined to give her name as she waited for a bus, also remembered the 2009 slaying.

"I guess I was just kind of scared," she said. "A lot of kids hang out around here."

The manager of the Tedeschi's, Abu Kahn, declined to speak about the verdict.

On the first full day of deliberations, jurors found Corliss guilty on all three charges: first-degree murder, armed robbery while masked and possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Sentencing is set for Thursday. Members of Dangol's family, who are originally from Nepal, plan to be in court, according to Jake Wark of the District Attorney's office.

The trial revealed a jailhouse plot by Corliss and other ex-cons to kill witnesses, including his now-dead wife, by .

Corliss' brother, Billy, testified that Ed Corliss visisted him at his Green Street apartment after the murder, .