Man requests longer prison sentence to match Bird's jersey

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October 20, 2005

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,'' Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. ``We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

``I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it.''

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edvallie · Posted: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:33:53 Post Subject:

Good use of tax dollars for those 3 years.

HackaX0rus · Posted: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:23:27 Post Subject:

Damn you white basketball players
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<--- imagine that is a fist shaking not a wave

knight0334 · Posted: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:27:28 Post Subject:

hell, after 30 years, whats another 3??

CHollman82 · Rated R Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 73

Yeah, you figure he's 30 something already, after 30 years he will be retirment age, but what will he retire on? He wouldn't be able to survive in the real world after that...