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The following is a pre-recorded program.

Boy, this case goes way back to 1976.

And it has to do with that 70-year-old guy now, back then,

clearly he wasn't 70. Anyways, it was in 1976, and there was the story of the kidnapping of a bus

full of kids. And boy, what a story that was. That went international. He was one of three men who

kidnapped 26 children and the bus driver in

Chowchilla, a small city in Northern California. More than 45 years ago, this happened.

All 26 of the captives, the bus driver and the kids, were taken to Livermore, about 100 miles

away, put into a moving truck, and then buried alive in a quarry that was owned by this man's father.

His name is Frederick Woods.

And so the kidnappers then demanded $5 million in ransom while the victims were underground.

It was the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history. Matter of fact, it was inspired by a plot point in the movie Dirty Harry. That's

how they came up with the idea. 16 hours later, they're underground. The kids and the driver

dug themselves out and escaped while the kidnappers were sleeping.

Well, they pleaded guilty.

The three men pleaded guilty to kidnapping and were each given 27 life sentences without the possibility to parole.

They're going to die in prison.

But an appeals court overturned the sentence and ruled they should have a chance for parole. They're going to die in prison. But an appeals court overturned the sentence

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