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Eric Torpy an Oklahoma inmate nicknamed “Birdman” following his arrest for armed robbery and shooting with intent to kill, is now regretting having to serve a 33 year imprisonment sentence to honor his sporting hero Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics. Torpy initially sentenced in 2005 to 30 years requested the judge to increase his period of incarceration to reflect the number 33 worn on Bird’s jersey. At the sentencing hearing Torpy said to the judge “you might as well just give me three more and give me a number I like”. With the passing of time and perhaps a realization that Larry Bird wouldn’t particularly care, Torpy now has a different perspective “I’m sorry Larry but I don’t love you that much to hang out to 2033”. Inspired by Stan Grossfeld ow.ly/56tLk image source floppingout ow.ly/56tKM Sorry Larry but I don’t love you that much (July 18 2011)

Eric Torpy an Oklahoma inmate nicknamed “Birdman” following his arrest for armed robbery and shooting with intent to kill, is now regretting having to serve a 33 year imprisonment sentence to honor his sporting hero Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics. Torpy initially sentenced in 2005 to 30 years requested the judge to increase his period of incarceration to reflect the number 33 worn on Bird’s jersey. At the sentencing hearing Torpy said to the judge “you might as well just give me three more and give me a number I like”. With the passing of time and perhaps a realization that Larry Bird wouldn’t particularly care, Torpy now has a different perspective “I’m sorry Larry but I don’t love you that much to hang out to 2033”.

 

Inspired by Stan Grossfeld http://ow.ly/56tLk image source floppingout http://ow.ly/56tKM

Réjean Hinse the 73 year old Québec citizen who was falsely convicted of undertaking an armed robbery on a general store 50 years ago, has at last won his legal battle for compensation totaling $13.1-million from the Québec and Canadian Federal governments. Despite several court rulings that have quashed his conviction on the basis of a botched investigation and that he was 200km away in another city at the time of the robbery, he has never received an apology for lost life in prison. Hinse likened his psychological condition in prison to Edvard Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’, claiming after the sentence his headaches were unbearable, with the only way to cope with the pain being to bang his head against the stone wall a little harder each time. Inspired by Maya Johnson ow.ly/4FOQk image source Graham Hughe ow.ly/4FOXE Psychological prison for 50 years (April 25 2011)

Réjean Hinse the 73 year old Québec citizen who was falsely convicted of undertaking an armed robbery on a general store 50 years ago, has at last won his legal battle for compensation totaling $13.1-million from the Québec and Canadian Federal governments. Despite several court rulings that have quashed his conviction on the basis of a botched investigation and that he was 200km away in another city at the time of the robbery, he has never received an apology for lost life in prison. Hinse likened his psychological condition in prison to Edvard Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’, claiming after the sentence his headaches were unbearable, with the only way to cope with the pain being to bang his head against the stone wall a little harder each time.

 

Inspired by Maya Johnson ow.ly/4FOQk image source Graham Hughe ow.ly/4FOXE

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