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Updated Apr 15, 2021 | 15:52 IST
Before the release, a GoFundMe page had been set up to collect funds for Frank s family. Unfortunately, he lost his wife, son, other, and two brothers during the incarceration. Man serves 20-year jail term for stealing two shirts
A man from the US, who was in jail for 20 years for stealing two shirts, has finally been released after a successful campaign by The Innocence Project New Orleans.
Guy Frank, who is 67-years-old, was arrested in September 2000 and given a lengthy sentence for his crime at the time. His theft was under $500, according to a Mail Online report.
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I m full of joy : Louisiana man serving life sentence for $20 marijuana charge released By Zoe Christen Jones
December 17, 2020 / 7:36 PM / CBS News
A man who was serving a life sentence for selling $20 of marijuana was released from a Louisiana prison this week, his attorneys said. Fate Winslow, 53, was reunited with his children and grandchildren on Wednesday after serving 12 years in prison. I m full of joy, Winslow told CBS News. I m so happy, man. I got to be with my family last night once I was released, and I can t explain it. I m so happy.
In 2008, Winslow was homeless and living on the streets of Shreveport when he was approached by an undercover cop in search of marijuana, according to his attorneys at the Innocence Project New Orleans. They said Winslow borrowed a bike, returned with two dime bags of marijuana worth $20, and gave it to the officer for $5 so he could buy food. Winslow was arrested for distribution.
Dec 18, 2020
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A Louisiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 in marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.
WWL-TV reported that Fate Winslow was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Wednesday and was on his way back home after serving 12 years of a life sentence.
“I was so happy to get out,” Winslow told WWL-TV after his release. “A life sentence for two bags of weed? I never thought something like that could happen.”
Winslow was sentenced under the state’s repeat offender law. His case has garnered attention as the Louisiana wrestles with criminal justice issues and over-incarceration.