← All storiesGeneralDeveloping story Longest-serving US prisoner dies at 101 after escaping death penalty 8 times
Former NYPD officer Tom Smith reacts to supporters glorifying admitted CEO killer Luigi Mangione. Smith also discusses President Donald Trump's speech at the Nassau County Police Academy pledging support for law enforcement. A man believed to have been the longest-serving prisoner in U.S. history has died at the age of 101, having his execution scheduled and postponed eight times as he maintained his innocence despite a murder conviction in Connecticut. Francis Clifford Smith died in his sleep in late June at 60 West, a secured Connecticut nursing facility that cares for older people in the justice system, according to the facility. Smith, who was just months away from turning 102, was cremated without a funeral. "Essentially, he died of old age," 60 West spokesman David Skoczulek told the BBC. "He had very limited family involvement around his passi
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