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Stepping out into Times Square in New York City, Otis Johnson is struck by the overwhelming number of people. Everyone seems to be walking quickly with blank faces and wires in their ears. He’s confused. Being completely removed from society since 1975, Johnson thinks he’s entered a dystopia where everyone has become a secret agent wearing ...
Dec 23, 2016 · Otis had just got out of prison after serving a 44-year sentence. The last time he had seen his family was May 1975. When we shared Otis’s first story of being reintroduced to the modern world ...
Nov 29, 2015 · My Life After 44 Years In Prison. Convicted of attempted murder more than four decades ago, Johnson had been incarcerated for 44 years by the time of his release in August 2014. And while ...
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Otis Johnson was released from prison in 2014 after being locked away for 44 years. He was 25 when his sentence started, and 69 when he was released. On the outside, he quickly realized the world ...
Otis Johnson was born on July 17th, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. His birth certificate states that his parents are Leroy Edgar Johnson and Ruby Lee Dooly of caucasian skin color — that is not true. His parents, Otis William Johnson and Kattie Johnson had no other resource but to ask the people she nannied to sign as his parents so she could receive proper hospital care.
Nov 27, 2015 · In 1975, at the age of 25, Otis Johnson was sent to prison for attempting to murder a police officer. In August 2014 he was released from prison after serving a 44-year sentence.
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Nov 25, 2015 · Otis Johnson went to jail in 1970 for assaulting a police officer. He was 25 years old, and he would spend the next 44 years in prison. Upon his release, a team from Al Jazeera English accompanied him as he adjusted, and made a moving six-minute documentary about Johnson’s re-entry into a world that at times he struggles to understand. “My ...
