Man asks for longer prison term

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » October 22, 2005, 5:00 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/b ... index.html

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to -- all because of Larry Bird.

The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.

"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey,"

Cut the quote a little short for comedic reasons
edit: im not known for spelling

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » October 23, 2005, 1:16 am

Cutted?

Xyun · Post by **Xyun** » October 24, 2005, 5:19 pm

welcome to oklahoma

Laliana · Post by **Laliana** » October 25, 2005, 5:50 am

Xyun wrote:welcome to oklahoma

My friend from there spells tomorrow, tamorrow..

and says yous all need to come visit again
and why you gotta be dat away

(I

him tho, he's a good guy)

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 25, 2005, 10:44 am

Is he actually from there? "yous all" sounds like it's from somewhere else in the midwest more than Oklahoma.