A 71-year-old Florida man who served 31 years behind bars for marijuana-related offenses was freed from state prison on Tuesday.
Richard DeLisi had been serving the longest sentence in the country for nonviolent marijuana-related charges before he was released on Tuesday from the South Bay Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility in Palm Beach County.
‘It’s really an amazing feeling but I knew it was a long time coming,’ DeLisi told WTVX-TV.
Asked what he plans to do now that he was out of prison, DeLisi said: ‘I’m going to celebrate at the Rustic Inn, eating some crabs this afternoon.’
The only Rustic Inn restaurant in Florida is in Fort Lauderdale, where DeLisi had the option of paying $52 for nearly two pounds of dungeness crab or $83 for king crab.
Richard DeLisi (seen left on Tuesday after his release from prison and right in an undated booking photo), 71, was released from South Bay Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Tuesday. He served 31 years in prison. Before his release, he had served the longest prison sentence of any American for a nonviolent, marijuana-related crime
DeLisi was greeted by family members and some of the attorneys who helped win his release
His lawyers said it was urgent for DeLisi to be released from the South Bay Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility in Palm Beach…
