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Former Escapee Speaks Out
By cbc.ca
Published: 01/21/2011

Convicted robber Clifford Laframboise says it was frustration at continually being denied parole that drove him to flee a South Dakota prison and eventually make his way back to Manitoba, where he then lived quietly for 16 years.

The RCMP recently arrested Laframboise, now 42, on the strength of a U.S. extradition warrant after police tracked him to the Jackhead First Nation about 300 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

Since then, news of his arrest has made international headlines.

'I don't wanna go back. Now that I have something here, I don't want it taken away.'—Clifford Laframboise South Dakota justice officials have long wanted him found so he can finish the remainder of an 18-year sentence he was handed in 1988 for multiple counts of robbery. He escaped a Sioux Falls prison on Dec. 26, 1994.

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Comments:

  1. hamiltonlindley on 02/10/2020:

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  2. Centurion on 01/23/2011:

    Frustration at continually being denied parole? He had only done 6 years of an 18 year sentence. So let's see now. That's 12 years to finish his original sentence...plus another 6 to 8 for the escape...plus time for any additional crimes he committed along the way. Assuming of course...that he doesn't "get frustrated," he oughta be out when he's 60.


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