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Man sentenced to life in prison without parole after jury acquits him

dailysentinel.com — It was August 1987, and prosecutors vowed to see Page put to death. When pretrial publicity forced the trial's move from East Texas to Austin, Page's lawyer was delighted. Austin, he thought, would give a fair shake to a black man accused of killing a white woman and nearly killing a child.

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  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It just seems that the attorneys were playing the system--they couldn't sentence him for one killing, so they had to be sore losers and get him by just revoking his parole. It's really not fair.
  • jackhole, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, now it's been 31 years, and he's been in minimal security for the balance of them. It's about time he's granted parole.
  • InfidelAl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow. I had sympathy for this guy until I read "Page pleaded guilty to the 1975 killing and received a life sentence. He served 11 years in prison and was paroled eight months before the Nacogdoches stabbings."

    Sent to jail for life and served only 11 years? Yeah, little fella can rot in there.

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