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Meet the FIRST-DEGREE murderers John Fetterman says are “just like” Morgan Freeman. "Just like" your grandfather. Like your grandmother.

John Fetterman, talking about convicted murderers: “People in the public think you’re talking about all a bunch of Hannibal Lecters in prison — and they’re not! They’re like your grandfather. They’re like your grandmother.” pic.twitter.com/jxAkYNfVQu— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 20, 2022

A convicted killer is now wanted for another murder after he was freed from prison by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s (D) Conviction Integrity Unit, which has the backing of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. In 2021, Krasner’s Conviction Integrity Unit got a judge to throw out the murder conviction against 32-year-old Jahmir Harris who served eight years in prison. Harris was convicted for the 2012 murder of 45-year-old Louis Porter whom he was accused of shooting in the head in front of his 5-year-old son in a Philadelphia parking lot just two days before Christmas. According to prosecutors, Harris...

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), running against Republican Mehmet Oz for the state’s open United States Senate seat, suggests that the movie The Shawshank Redemption justifies releasing convicted murderers from prison. During an on-camera interview with NBC News’s Dasha Burns, Fetterman justified his record of helping to free convicted murderers from Pennsylvania prisons by stating that actor Morgan Freeman’s character in The Shawshank Redemption is about “giving somebody a chance” as opposed to having them serve their full life sentence. Freeman’s character in the film admits to having committed a double homicide.

MANSFIELD, Ohio -- The old, imposing prison in Ohio where the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed has become a hot spot for weddings and hosts an annual bridal show. What was once known as the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield is all booked up for weddings through the end of 2012 and has begun taking reservations for 2013. The bridal show is called "Glamour in the Slammer" and is in its fifth year.

Frank Darabont, the director of The Shawshank Redemption, has words for the millions of people who believe his 1994 prison drama is the greatest film of all time. “I think that’s a little crackers, to be honest, especially when you think of the other films on the list.” He means films such as The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Lolita, Vertigo and foreign-language contenders like Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist, Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt, Luis Buñuel’s Belle de jour or Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. But, hey, pointy-headed film critics can have their high­falutin’ crushes. There’s no getting round...

N.J. Escapees Take Page From 'Shawshank' ScriptPrisoners Left Behind Thank You Note For Unsuspecting Guards NEW YORK (CBS) - What's been the theme of successful movies like "Escape From Alcatraz" and "The Shawshank Redemption" has become an incredible, yet frightening reality at a New Jersey jail. Razor-sharp wire, thick concrete, and jail guards couldn't keep 20-year-old Jose Espinoza, and 32-year-old Otis Blunt -- inmates barred up at the Union County Jail -- from escaping the prison over the weekend. Officials say the pair concocted an elaborate scheme that involved digging through their cell walls, similar to Tim Robbins' method in...

TIM ROBBINS IN PERSON WITH "BOB ROBERTS"!! Actor/director/writer Tim Robbins will be at the Museum [of the Moving Image--http://www.ammi.org] next Monday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. for a special screening and discussion of his shockingly timely 1992 film BOB ROBERTS, a political satire that makes reference to the Gulf War, President Bush, Saddam Hussein, and weapons of mass destruction. [TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO SELL OUT QUICKLY…CALL 718-784-4520 to ORDER. SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION]. Robbins is best known for his roles in such films as BULL DURHAM, THE PLAYER, and SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and for DEAD MAN WALKING,...