After 36 years, most of them spent behind bars, the man whose seven successful prison escapes earned him the nickname of Florida's "Prison Houdini" was granted parole by a state board on Thursday. But Mark DeFriest is far from free. Although the Florida Commission on Offender Review granted his parole effective July 26, DeFriest next must report to prison in California, where a four-year sentence awaits for infractions he committed while housed in that state's correctional system. Still, his attorney John Middleton tells People, "My hat's off to the commission for recognizing and doing the right thing." He says DeFriest is a...
- 7/15/2016
- by Jeff Truesdell, @ jhtruesdell
- PEOPLE.com
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