My "objective" and colour-blind friend: the fact that he's BLACK and POOR obviously didn't play into this, right? We can guess the outcome had he been a nice clean-cut white boy of good stock...
Yet the bigger travesty is that it took 35 years for the parole board (?) to 'figure out' the poor man didn't belong in jail. And then for good measure they knock on another 5 in which he's expected to report to a parole officer to ensure he doesn't "reoffend"; this while Hollywood types regularly get off scottfree for similar offenses...
The guy should sue the living pants off the State of NC. Living the remainder of his life in absolute luxury is the least he deserves.
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