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Outlived Execution Dates 14 Times From Death Row to Freedom
Sylvester Lee Garrison walked free at 45 after 20 years in prison and parole granted in January. He had faced lethal sentences at the Colorado State Penitentiary for a 1958 pistol whipping death, earning the nickname The Godfather while jailbound, and he expressed a wish to work with troubled youths once released.
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Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado Supreme Court
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