TILLERY, N.C. — Does the punishment fit the crime? That is the underlying question in our legal system. The answer to that question has changed over time.
In 1970, a day laborer named Junior Allen was given a life sentence for a crime he would likely get probation for today.
Some in the legal community believe the case demonstrates a need to bring the past more in line with the present, when you consider that North Carolina's prison population is 30 percent over capacity, with no sign of letting up.
A jury convicted Allen of second-degree burglary for stealing a $140 television set from a home in Johnston County. Judge James Pou Bailey sent Allen to prison for life.
here is a visional for you
Just wrong they should free this man.. and lock up Brownstein
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