The 12,744 Release Date: The Crimes of Darron Bennalford Anderson
In the early hours of January 4, 1993, Penny Sue Stuckey was kidnapped, robbed, and repeatedly assaulted in Oklahoma. One of the men convicted for the crimes was Darron Bennalford Anderson. After a trial, an appeal, and a retrial, he received one of the most extreme prison sentences in American history—thousands of years that once projected a release date of 12,744.
Host Alexander Lawson examines the case that earned a Guinness World Record, the legal path that produced those staggering numbers, and the survivor who lived through it.
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