Tyrone Brown
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Tyrone Brown (born 1973) is an African-American Texan who was sentenced to a life term in a Texas maximum security prison for a robbery which netted two U.S. dollars in 1990 and smoking marijuana while on probation. He was granted a conditional pardon by Texas Governor Rick Perry. He was released from prison on March 16, 2007.[1]
[edit] Original crime
He initially took part in a two dollar robbery in which no one was hurt[2] and Judge Keith Dean in Dallas, Texas sentenced him to 10 years of probation. During that probation he tested positive for marijuana and the judge changed his sentence to life in prison.
[edit] References
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2954055&page=1
- ^ Egerton, Brooks (2006-04-23). "Scales of justice can swing wildly". The Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/headlines/20060423-scales-of-justice-can-swing-wildly.ece. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
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