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Death, Sex & Money

I Served 27 Years In Prison. Now, I'm Out On Parole.

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Lawrence Bartley was released on parole this spring. Now, he and his wife Ronnine are building an everyday life for their family on the outside. Listen to my past interviews with Lawrence and Ronnine here and here. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter! Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters from our inbox and updates from the show. Sign up at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter. And follow the show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

For both of you a lot has changed since the last time I talked to you. A lot. Yes.

0:07.0

What is your feeling like if there's a word like what's your feeling today?

0:11.0

Progress.

0:14.0

Adjustment.

0:15.0

This is death,

0:18.0

This is death, sex and money.

0:21.0

You can sleep with him or anything.

0:23.2

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:26.2

There's a problem.

0:27.7

She doesn't have a bank account.

0:29.5

And need to talk about more.

0:31.0

You can't kneel down in the middle of a highway and live to talk about it, son. I'm Anna Sale.

0:39.0

Oh my guys!

0:41.0

Lawrence Bartley walked out of Singh prison last May, a free man for the first time in nearly three decades.

0:48.0

After 27 years, he reunited with his wife Rene together on the outside for their first time as a married couple.

0:57.0

I first interviewed Lawrence at Sing Sing Prison in New York in 2014.

1:07.0

He was arrested when he was 17 after he was involved in a shootout in a movie theater.

1:12.0

An innocent bystander, a 15 year old boy. he was involved in a shootout in a movie theater.

1:12.7

An innocent bystander, a 15-year-old boy, was killed.

1:17.0

Lawrence was convicted of second-degree murder

1:19.3

and sentenced to 27 years to life.

1:22.4

The first time Lawrence went before the parole board a year

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