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Jamaican fugitive who escaped custody in St. Lucia sentenced in US

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ATLANTA, May 21, CMC – A Jamaican national Orville Andrew Pernell, who escaped custody in St.  Lucia while awaiting extradition on a murder charge, was sentenced to federal prison in the United States earlier this week. 

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