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To the Point

How Does Anyone Manage to Break Out in This Day and Age?

New York State has offered a $100,000 reward for two murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in upstate New York near the Canadian border.  David Sweat was convicted of shooting a sheriff’s deputies more than a dozen times. Richard Matt was serving time for beating a kidnapped man to death.

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By Warren Olney • Jun 8, 2015 • 11m Listen

New York State has offered a $100,000 reward for two murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in upstate New York near the Canadian border. David Sweat was convicted of shooting a sheriff’s deputies more than a dozen times. Richard Matt was serving time for beating a kidnapped man to death.

Special thanks to Paul von Zielbauer for production assistance.

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