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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: Lil Jay on June 01, 2005, 06:26:29 AM
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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. -- After 35 years in prison for stealing a black-and-white television set, Junior Allen is a free man. Allen, 65, walked out of prison Friday, ending a case that attracted widespread attention because he remained in jail while other inmates convicted of murder, rape or child molestation were released.
"I'm glad to be out," Allen told supporters outside Orange Correctional Center. "I've done too much time for what I did. I won't be truly happy until I see a sign that says I'm outside of North Carolina."
Allen was a 30-year-old migrant farm worker from Georgia with a criminal history that included burglaries and a violent assault when he sneaked into an unlocked house and stole a 19-inch black-and-white television worth $140.Some state records say Allen roughed up the 87-year-old woman who lived there, but he was not convicted of assault.
Instead, he was sentenced in 1970 to life in prison for second-degree burglary. The penalty for the offense has since been changed to a maximum of three years in prison.
The state Parole Commission decided last year to release Allen if he behaved and completed a transitional work-release program. He worked at a restaurant washing dishes and floors and had no prison infractions during the past three years.
He did so well he was released several months early -- on his 26th try at parole.
His parole could last up to five years, meaning he could gain complete freedom by age 70.
Rich Rosen, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law professor who took up Allen's case three years ago, said it was a shame that Allen had not been released decades ago. "At least he's got some years left," Rosen said.
Allen did not meet with the parole commission until January 2004. Prior to that time, his record was reviewed regularly by the commission and denied.
Rosen said the parole commission "hasn't been able to articulate a reason that Allen wasn't released."
"He wasn't the best prisoner, [but] he wasn't the worst," Rosen said.
Once outside the prison, Allen got into a car with two friends who were driving him to Athens, Ga., where he planned to meet relatives and return home to Georgetown, Ga.
Enoch Hasberry, the programs director at Carteret Correctional Center in Newport where Allen went through work-release, said he worries Allen might not adjust well to life on the outside.
"For a black-and-white TV, how much do you have to pay?" Hasberry said. "We've got an in-house joke here: How much time would he have gotten if he had stolen a color TV?"
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damn now thats fucked up! rapists do less time than that!
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I bet when he got arrested, he used this famous/classic quote from The Almight Forum Legend
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE LAW, I'VE LOST ALL FAITH IN OUR SYSTEM..."
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fuck if i was him i'd be pissed...
reminds me of that movie...
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Not really that much of an injustice. If it was a first time offence then it would be harsh, but it wasn't so the fool should have learnt.
10 years and only one hand would be a fair punishment.
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not that much injustice ? the dude saw killers and rapists leave before him.
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That's the governments problem, not mine.
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I wouldn't expect too many of y'all to care that much about it...it just shows how fuck'd up the law is. Yeah I'll agree that it probably is worst in other places, but many people in America try to blow these kinds of things off and still act as if we have a fair judicial system when that's definitely not the case.
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fuck if i was him i'd be pissed...
no shit?
hahaha
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so theymade a movie about the hurricane lets make a movie about this.
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he should have stayed in there longer
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so theymade a movie about the hurricane lets make a movie about this.
They have a lot in common. Both are guilty as fuck.
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hope he still got sum sperm left and can get an erection so he can make babies , bet he missed that !
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lol now that's some fucked up shit...
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harsh
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Not really that much of an injustice. If it was a first time offence then it would be harsh, but it wasn't so the fool should have learnt.
10 years and only one hand would be a fair punishment.
so your saying our tax dollars should be taking care of him because he stole a $140 television while serving 30+ years. over people who MURDER other people and get out after 5? people who can get out after brutally raping innocent women after 7? didnt think so.
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The gov't needs to get their priorities straight.
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Not really that much of an injustice. If it was a first time offence then it would be harsh, but it wasn't so the fool should have learnt.
10 years and only one hand would be a fair punishment.
No, not at all...He deserved life for what he did! Shit, why shouldn't he get harsher sentences than rapists, child molesters, & killers? After all, he WAS stealing, which, by the way, we all know Jews invented.
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This is not fair punishment, you fuckin' square ass samaritan skinhead.
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No, not at all...He deserved life for what he did! Shit, why shouldn't he get harsher sentences than rapists, child molesters, & killers? After all, he WAS stealing, which, by the way, we all know Jews invented.
Who said he should have a longer sentence then rapist and murderers though eh? Not me. I can't remember saying that rapists, child molesters & killers deserve to spend less time in prison. I'm just saying that the length of time that he spent in prison was slightly harsh, but not something that's going to get me fucked off. If I had it my way repeat offendings for twocing would get a 10 year prison sentence. Murderers, rapists etc would get stoned to death.
PM me if you have a problem.
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No, not at all...He deserved life for what he did! Shit, why shouldn't he get harsher sentences than rapists, child molesters, & killers? After all, he WAS stealing, which, by the way, we all know Jews invented.
Who said he should have a longer sentence then rapist and murderers though eh? Not me. I can't remember saying that rapists, child molesters & killers deserve to spend less time in prison. I'm just saying that the length of time that he spent in prison was slightly harsh, but not something that's going to get me fucked off. If I had it my way repeat offendings for twocing would get a 10 year prison sentence. Murderers, rapists etc would get stoned to death.
PM me if you have a problem.
It's still injustice and you still claimed it wasn't a harsh punishment...Someone who stole a TV set doesn't deserve life in prison...And LMAO@PM me if you have a problem...You're taking this stuff way too seriously. Lets take this outside to the PM page...LOL
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sorry.. but it doesnt matter what era you're from, if rapists & murderers are getting out of jail before you cause you stole a $140 black & white TV, the world is DEFINITELY fucked up. this is the sort of injustice that really needs to be looked at, i dont know how this could even happen.. glad i dont live in america !
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you got to be kidding me, 35 years for stealing a fuckin tv??? People who rape or kill get less time than that, this is a bunch of bullshit.
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PM me for my opinion...its too much to take in a regular post ::)
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thats fuckiin crazy
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he should have stayed in there longer
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but this is ridicolous... lol @ How much time would he have gotten if he had stolen a color TV?
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sorry.. but it doesnt matter what era you're from, if rapists & murderers are getting out of jail before you cause you stole a $140 black & white TV, the world is DEFINITELY fucked up. this is the sort of injustice that really needs to be looked at, i dont know how this could even happen.. glad i dont live in america !
indeed fuck the US system...
glad I'm in Holland