A Man of God | 7

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Despite a double life sentence plus twenty years, Jack Murphy convinces the state parole board that he has changed his life and found God. Now out, we speak to several of his friends to ask the question: Is it real, or just his latest con?

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0:00.0	Hey everyone a quick warning this episode does have descriptions of violence as well as explicit language. It may not be appropriate for kids.
0:08.0	On December 20th 1985 Jack Murphy left prison and told the gathered media there that he was now a man of God.
0:16.0	God has used this system and this experience to help me get my priorities and my life straight enough.
0:24.0	Jack waved goodbye to his fellow inmates, now on the other side of the fence,
0:28.0	and stepped into the car of Frank Constantino,
0:31.0	the man who, along with head of Florida Corrections Louis Wainwright, gave him a path to freedom despite a double life sentence in 20 years.
0:39.0	For Jack Murphy, a completely new way of life was about to begin, a new way of life that many would be watching closely.
0:47.0	Because when Jack got out of prison, everyone had the same question.
0:51.0	Had he found God? Or was this just his latest con?
0:55.0	My name is Nate Scott. My name is Nate Scott. I'm a reporter and editor with For the Win in USA Today Sports.
1:07.0	This is the sneak. Before we get into how real Jack's salvation was or is, let's wrap up exactly how he got out of prison in the first place.
1:25.0	Here's Sunny Gretsch again, the accomplice from the Wofford robbery.
1:29.0	He also served time with Jack in prison.
1:31.0	And Sunny knew all about Frank Constantino.
1:35.0	Franky Constantino was a small time,
1:38.3	was a small time thug got busted in Miami. I got 35 years wanting for the Adrian Thaw robbery and then Frankie went to
1:51.1	prison and found God. But frankly, I mean everybody goes to prison
1:56.7	finds God just about. But Frankie really did and he started studying, started preaching and got real close to the preacher
2:06.0	and ended up getting out of prison and becoming a prison minister and frankly ended up becoming a bishop and became
2:19.2	who had the biggest prison ministry in the world. But he's the, he's the reason why Jack Murphy got out of
2:27.4	prison and got Jack affiliated with I think the Bill Glass Ministries.
2:32.0	Bill Glass played 11 seasons in the NFL, first with the Detroit Lions, and then as a standout
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