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Was a Man Freed After Outliving a 99-Year Prison Sentence for Horse Theft?

We're still waiting for someone to live out the entirety of a 99-year prison sentence.

by Dan Evon, Published July 19, 2018



Claim:
A man was released from jail in Texas after outliving his 99-year prison sentence for horse theft.
Rating:
False

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On 15 July 2018, the World News Daily Report (WNDR) published an article about a 117-year-old man named Henry William Borne, who was supposedly released from a prison in Texas after he outlived his 99-year sentence for horse theft:


By Dan Evon

Dan Evon is a former writer for Snopes.


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