40 years after stealing 50 dollars, an American will get out of prison

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A meager booty, but a sentence worthy of the greatest crimes. Alvin Kennard will be released from prison after spending thirty-six years behind bars under a 1984 Alabama law known as the "Three Strokes". It allows judges to impose life sentences against repeat offenders convicted for the third time for a crime or misdemeanor, even minor and non-violent, reports the website AL.

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On January 24, 1983, armed with a knife, the American stole $ 50.75 from a bakery and, three years later, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. For a few years ago, when he was 18, the courts had already sentenced him to three years of suspended imprisonment for breaking into a gas station. A crime that earned him three counts for which he had pleaded guilty at the time, and therefore three convictions.

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The lawyer of this 58-year-old man, Carla Crowder, a member of a local legal association, the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, argued that her client had demonstrated "exemplary behavior During his sentence and found the faith in detention. On Wednesday, August 28, Judge David Carpenter finally shortened the sentence, especially to reduce overcrowding in Alabama.

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When the judge asked who would support the 50-year-old if he was released, a dozen of his friends and family members stood up in the courtroom. The same entourage exclaimed "Thank you Jesus" (…)

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