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He Was 20 Years Into A Life Sentence For Stealing Hedge Clippers. A Parole Committee Just Released Him.

Ashe Schow
He Was 20 Years Into A Life Sentence For Stealing Hedge Clippers. A Parole Committee Just Released Him.
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A Louisiana man has been granted parole after serving more than 20 years of a life sentence for stealing hedge clippers in 1997.

Fair Wayne Bryant, 63, was given what his attorneys argued was an “unconstitutionally harsh” punishment because he had numerous other convictions, making him a “habitual” offender under Louisiana law, NBC reported.

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