Black man granted parole after 23 years in prison for stealing hedge clippers

A black Louisiana man who was sentenced to life in prison after stealing hedge clippers in 1997 was granted parole Thursday. Fair Wayne Bryant, 63, will get a conditional release following a 3-0 vote of the Louisiana Committee on Parole that comes after he spent 23 years behind bars for the theft of the garden...

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