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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter 27 years in prison, a man who loves golf walked free today.
What a wild story: a prisoner serving 39 years to life started making drawings of golf courses. The drawings made their way to Golf Digest, which wrote about him, then realized his conviction was sketchy, then investigated, and now he's free.
He had never in his life set foot on a golf course...
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/for-valentino-dixon-a-wrong-righted-murder-charge-vacated-by-court-after-serving-27-years-in-prison
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After 27 years in prison, a man who loves golf walked free today. (Original Post)
tenderfoot
Sep 2018
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FM123
(10,053 posts)1. So happy for this man!
paulkienitz
(1,296 posts)2. wow, it turns out that golf is awesome.
lame54
(35,277 posts)3. I know another golfer who can take his cell
grantcart
(53,061 posts)4. Great story good for Golf Digest