Georgia prison officials say they want Robert Stackowitz back in the state.

Through his attorney, Stackowitz has been pleading for mercy, saying that his clean living over the past half century shows he is reformed. He also says he's in fragile health.

Stackowitz, who remains in Connecticut where he was captured, has asked that his original sentence be forgiven and that the state press no new charges for his escape.

What will happen?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found a strikingly similar case involving another Georgia fugitive, who was on the run for 34 years before his capture. His case lends great insight into what may happen to Stackowitz.

Read the full story at http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/parolees-case-lends-insight-on-fate-of-captured-fu/nrPmr/

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