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October 17, 2016

The longest prison sentences ever served

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Richard Honeck before and after: mugshots taken at the time of his arrest (1899) and his parole (1964)

Richard Honeck (1879-1976), an American murderer, served what was, at the time, the longest prison sentence ever to end in a prisoner's release.
Jailed in November 1899 for the killing of a former school friend, Honeck was paroled from Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois on 20 December 1963, having served 64 years and one month of his life sentence. In the decades between his conviction and the time his case came to public notice again in August 1963, he received only a single letter -- a four-line note from his brother in June 1904 -- and two visitors: a friend in 1904, and a newspaper reporter in 1963. | A Blast From The Past

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 17, 2016 11:54 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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