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The Latest: Georgia to review possible pardon for fugitive

This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows Robert Stackowitz, 71, arrested Monday, May 9, 2016 by U.S. Marshals and Connecticut State Police in Sherman, Conn., 48 years after escaping from a Georgia prison work camp. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP) This undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows Robert Stackowitz, 71, arrested Monday, May 9, 2016 by U.S. Marshals and Connecticut State Police in Sherman, Conn., 48 years after escaping from a Georgia prison work camp. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

By Associated Press May 13, 2016 2 min read

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Latest on the case of Robert Stackowitz, who escaped from a Georgia prison work camp in 1968 and was finally caught in Connecticut on Monday (all times local):

1:15 p.m.

Georgia officials will review the case of a man who escaped from a prison work camp in 1968 and was finally caught in Connecticut this week.

A spokesman for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles says the board will examine Robert Stackowitz’s case upon his return to Georgia in a few weeks. His lawyer plans to ask the board for a pardon and prison sentence commutation.

The 71-year-old Stackowitz was arrested Monday at his home in Sherman, Connecticut. He escaped 48 years ago from a prison work camp in Carrolton, Georgia, where he was two years into a 17-year sentence for robbery.