Man Serving Life Without Parole for Georgia Robbery Is Freed, With Help From a Remorseful Prosecutor

Jessie Askew Jr. was sentenced to life without parole for a clumsy armed robbery with an unloaded gun. The man who sent him away was determined to bring him back home.

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