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Smoked Tuna in the Can
Continued from page 6
Published on June 18, 2008 at 9:01am
With little resolved, Platshorn waits in line. All around is the incomprehensible droning of myriad languages and dialects and the occasional flash of the camera for license pictures. Finally, his turn arrives.
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Jacek Gancarz
Robert Platshorn, 64, has eschewed his ragged prison sweats for much slicker duds since his release from Coleman Federal Prison on April Fool's Day this year.
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Photo courtesy of the Platshorn family
Platshorn enjoys a cocktail in London — an image of the Tuna before he was the Tuna.
After a few questions, he declares, "I'm the longest-serving marijuana prisoner."
The woman behind the desk raises her eyebrows, but she doesn't look up from the computer monitor.
"Lesson learned?" she asks.
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