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demkicker
The lawyer who represented him should be shaking in his boots

Dubya
My opinion also.

This man got a very raw deal.

You might want to reconsider. Here's what Freeper mbynack dug up on post #26 of the thread I linked to on my previous post #8.

Some items were in the original article that were left out of this one. Not that the MSM would intentionally mislead us, but maybe they needed to cut a few lines to make it fit the available space on the internet.
"Allen was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree burglary in 1970 for sneaking into an unlocked house near Benson and stealing a 19-inch black-and-white television.
Some state records say Allen roughed up the 87-year-old woman who lived there, but he wasn't convicted of assault. At trial, her home was presumed to have been unoccupied when he broke in.
At the time, he was a 30-year-old migrant farm worker from Georgia with a criminal history that included burglaries and a violent assault. The law governing his crime has since been changed, and the most severe penalty anyone can now receive for second-degree burglary is three years.
"I been in here way too long," Allen said. "I don't believe no justice been done in my case. I've overpaid for my crime. I feel like I got the back end of the tail."
Correction Department records state that since he was sent to prison, Allen committed nearly 50 infractions including fighting, having sexual contact, possessing contraband, tampering with a lock, gambling, using unauthorized money and disobeying orders.

Oh yes, he soulds like a nice guy I'd want to run into in a dark alley.

I don't doubt that he's a scumbag; however, he should only have been sentenced for and served time for things he's actually been convicted of. If the sentence for 2nd degree burglary is only 3 years, then that's what his sentence should have been reduced to once the law was changed. If he had then gone on to commit new crimes, then the law should be changed to provide for a stiffer sentence for 2nd degree burglary.