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| Exoneree Adjusting to Life on the Outside |
| By cnn.com |
| Published: 03/24/2010 |
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(CNN) -- To see the world through Greg Taylor's eyes, imagine being stuck a time machine for 16 years and delivered to 2010. Facebook, flat screens and DVDs are all new to him. Relationships that used to come with natural ease seem awkward. Since 1993, Taylor, now 47, had been locked away in North Carolina's prison system for the murder of a prostitute. Last month, he was exonerated and freed. "All that frustration and confusion I had stored up all those years was just let out," Taylor said, recalling the day he was released, February 17. "There was a lot of relief and gratitude. There was a whole lot to get used to." He agreed to jot down his impressions and share them with CNN. After a month readjusting to life outside prison, Taylor has concluded that Facebook is "neat but a waste of time." He's in awe that a flat, round disk called a DVD lets him rewind and fast-forward movies by just pushing a button. He finds the automatic soap dispensers in the mall bathrooms startling. Read More. |
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