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This article was originally published on December 20, 2018.

A split image of the real Richard Matt and Escape at Dannemora actor Benicio Del Toro

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However, he wouldnt be convicted of that act until 2008.

A split image of the real David Sweat and actor Paul Dano

He was also partly the outcome of a dysfunctional upbringing.

We drank a lot.

We partied a lot.

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His life was into turmoil, a friend of Sweats mother, Pamela,told the New YorkTimes.

Sweat and one of the other men shot Tarsia 15 times, fatally wounding him.

Sweat would be sentenced to life without parole, and remanded to Clinton Correctional.

A split image of the real life Lyle Mitchell and actor Eric Lange

In March 2018, Sweat lost 60 days of privileges aftergetting caught fondling himselfduring a visit from his girlfriend.

(Her father, who passed shortly before the escape,bore an uncanny resemblanceto his daughter.)

On February 6, 2020,Mitchell was released from New Yorks Bedford Hills Correctional Facilityto community supervision.

A split image of the real life Gene Palmer and actor David Morse

(Said factory, long since closed, has been underlengthy environmental-remediation reviewbest we can tell.)

But she was instrumental in bringing matters to trial once the hysteria of Matt and Sweats escape settled down.

Her experience dealing with folks from upstate New York no doubt helped.

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That was before her tenure as assistant attorney general for all of New York state.

(She was, in fact,named Hofstras Woman of the Yearin 1981.)

on how the hell Matt and Sweat nearly got away with a monumental escape.

Among her implemented recommendations to prevent future calamities?

In early 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomoreplaced Leahy Scottas the state inspector generalwith his longtime aide Letizia Tagliafierro.