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This is a story out of Missouri. And it's really interesting and the way it ends, I think is fascinating. So there is a man who is now 43 years old.

And his name is Bobby Bostock. And he finally got out of prison after 30 years. So let's talk about how he got into prison.

He's a 16-year-old kid. And he's convicted for a whole series of robberies. And he is in front of a hanging judge who just doesn't like this kid.

He is a judge who believes in punishment and lots of it.

And so he gets, this kid gets consecutive sentences.

Now, usually, unless it's a very heinous crime, a rape of just super violence or a murderer where the death penalty is not allowed, you can get, if by law, you can't get life imprisonment without possibility of parole, one of the things that judges do, in case of violent rapes, for example, they will give someone

extended sentences.

There have been sentences of 600 years, 800 years, which means you're never going to get out

of prison.

And so the judge gave him 241 years.

So he's in prison for the rest of his life.

However, Bostock changes his life in prison.

He goes to school. He writes books, no hope of getting out, and he goes in front of the parole

board and says, come on, guys. He finally gets a chance for parole, which he's probably never going to

get. But, you know who walks in and asks for parole for him? The judge. The judge

said, I was crazy. It was insanity. He was 16 years old. I gave him consecutive sentences. That

means one following the other, following the other. Usually is concurrent, which means the one that

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