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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.
Louisiana Man, 67, Released From Prison for Stealing Two Shirts 20 Years Ago
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Guy Frank is finally free, after stealing two shirts 20 years ago.
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According to the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO), Guy Frank was released from prison in Louisiana after serving 20 years for stealing two shirts from Saks 5th Avenue in New Orleans in 2000. Innocence Project New Orleans works to free innocent people sentenced to life in prison as well as advocates for sensible criminal justice policies that reduce wrongful convictions. IPNO also strives to support clients, like Frank, to live well and fully in the world after their release. IPNO was created when its founding director Emily Bolton was awarded a two-year fellowship from the National Association for Public Interest Law (now Equal Justice Works) for reviewing the cases of life-sentenced prisoners in Louisiana who may have been wrongly convicted but had no way of proving it from inside prison without a lawye
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In September 2000, Guy Frank was caught stealing two shirts from a Saks Fifth Avenue in New Orleans. The stolen clothing was almost immediately returned to the department store, but the consequences of his crime - then considered a felony in Louisiana - would last him far longer: Frank ended up serving a sentence of more than two decades. Last week, he was finally released. His sentence is another result of Louisiana’s habitual offender laws, which allow prosecutors to seek harsher sentences for lesser crimes if a defendant has previous convictions. These rules, sometimes known as “three-strikes” laws, have drawn heavy scrutiny for driving mass incarceration and exacerbating racial inequities in the most incarcerated state in the country.