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Old 12-15-2010, 06:39 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 71-year-old terminally ill man has been sentenced to 21 years in a California prison for rolling his wheelchair into a San Diego bank and holding it up with a replica BB gun.

Judge Jeffrey Fraser said Friday that Peter Lawrence could theoretically get out of prison at age 90, when he would no longer be a threat to the public.

My Way News - Man, 71, gets 21 years for wheelchair bank robbery
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Old 12-15-2010, 08:01 PM
 
Location: Inland Levy County, FL
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I wonder if it was on his bucket list.

21 years is a bit much in this case. Let the man off with probation, yeesh.
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Old 12-15-2010, 08:49 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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Apparently his bucket list, will see his end in Jail. This is beyond belief, he deserves punishment yes, but not this. And yet there are those that will give their life, to save that of a illegal. This Crime does not deserve the time.
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:19 PM
 
Location: under a bridge
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He is terminally ill. I doubt he really cares.
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Old 12-16-2010, 06:35 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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I don't understand why someone took him serious? I think I would have ignored his efforts. like , whatever... it was a BB gun give me a break. take it from him and tell hiom to go get a life.
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Old 12-16-2010, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Lewes, Delaware
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At least he didn't commit a drive by with his Red Ryder, 20 years, give me a break.
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