Here's your feel-good story of the day. (It feels even better if you're a fan of The Wire. And if you're not a fan of The Wire, then you've made a very big mistake.) The story is a helpful reminder that it's never too late to change your life: the mind is a gloriously plastic thing.
Donnie Andrews was a stickup man with a .44 Magnum who robbed drug dealers and was sentenced to life in prison for murdering one of them.Fran Boyd was a heroin addict who shoplifted to get from fix to fix, passing her stupors in the shooting gallery and stash house that once was her middle-class home.
Now they are getting married.
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If you're a fan of The Wire, than there are a few clips that should be unmissable, by one of the writers/creators, David Simon. They're about 8 minutes each.
YouTube Clip1
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YouTube Clip3
Posted by: Ted | August 9, 2007 10:40 AM