America's oldest inmate dies at 101
Francis Clifford Smith passed away at the age of 101 after serving approximately 70 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate in United States history. He was convicted of killing a guard in 1949 and sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment before he was released in 1975 under parole conditions. Smith applied for parole again in 2020 at the age of 95, and a corrections official in Connecticut considered his reaching 101 years to be extraordinary, noting that life in prison typically does not promote longevity. He died, and it is believed he was the oldest person in the United States serving a criminal sentence, including under parole.
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