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The best part of the article is the comments where the felon's wife, who was also a part of the robbery, is defending her husband and claiming it to be a "miscarriage of justice" that he is doing 60 years at Angola because he committed armed robbery, shot at police and tampered with jurors, among other things.

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On the morning of Sept. 16, 1997, Sibil Richardson dropped her husband and her nephew at a north Louisiana bank. Robert Richardson had a gun. His nephew had pepper spray. She was supposed to act as getaway driver, but in a last-minute change of plans, Robert Richardson told his wife to head back; they would find another way back.

A bank employee spotted them before they entered, according to court records. Police were called and officers from a police station less than a mile away arrived in less than a minute. No one was seriously injured and, after a brief chase, both men were captured. Authorities recovered the $5,134.95 taken.

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Sibil Richardson later surrendered and was booked for her role in the botched bank robbery. The couple first took a deal, pleading guilty in exchange for a sentence of 10 to 18 years for Robert Richardson and his nephew and probation for her. But Sibil Richardson said the couple met a lawyer who told them he could get a better deal if they hired him and withdrew their guilty pleas. So they did, she said, scraping together whatever money they had left to hire him.

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The attorney eventually left them, she said, "when he realized he couldn't get any more money out of us." While out on bond, Sibil Richardson became pregnant with twins.

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Broke and again desperate, the couple made another bad decision: They found addresses for two jurors and visited them the night before the trial, "pouring out our hearts to let them know we made a bad mistake (and) we were not bad people." Those jurors told the judge the next morning, and the couple was re-arrested. Robert Richardson was found guilty of bank robbery and sentenced to 60 years in prison. His wife took a plea deal for two seven-year terms and one five-year term to run concurrently. She served three-and-a-half years, during which time their children were left in the care of relatives.

BTW, how does the article neglect to mention that one of the men apparently fired a shot at the officers during the pursuit?

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As Officer Terry followed, the man in the overalls bent down and apparently fired a gun. Officer Terry stopped and returned fire; when no return fire was received, he again started chasing the men as they ran into the woods.

So they commit armed robbery of a bank, run from the cops, fire at LEO, reject a more than fair plea deal, tamper with the jury and have multiple children while all of this is going on. And we're supposed to feel sorry for them? I do feel for the kids, but the adults brought this all upon themselves. Kudos to the kids for making something out of their lives.

They also have their own website touching on the racial control that is our prison system