“Jimmy’s an excellent convict. He’s a lousy...
“Jimmy’s an excellent convict. He’s a lousy citizen.”
--The Rev. Rex Burns, a longtime counselor to Jimmy Lee Smith, who has been in and out of prison since he was paroled for the 1963 “Onion Field” killing and may be incarcerated again after pleading guilty to possession of heroin in West Covina.
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