After 20 years in prison for stealing two shirts, a Louisiana man is free
Print 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 ...
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