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April 26, 2020

Crime

An Innocent Man Spent 46 Years in Prison. And Made a Plan to Kill the Man Who Framed Him.

Richard Phillips survived the longest wrongful prison sentence in American history by writing poetry and painting with watercolors. But on a cold day in the prison yard, he carried a knife and thought about revenge.

Thomas Lake CNN Apr 2020 35min Permalink