44 Years on Lam, Pig Thief Is Now in Clear
From Times Wire Reports
The state has decided not to seek the return of a pig thief who fled prison in 1957--only to be turned in 44 years later by his girlfriend’s son.
Robert Clarence Cobb, 72, who spent three years behind bars before escaping, was released. Alabama Gov. Donald Siegelman refused to seek extradition. “We are more than satisfied with the number of years this man served for 13 pigs,” Dist. Atty. John M. Tyson Jr. said in Mobile.
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