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Whether her heart was reformed was no longer the primary issue. It was an ailing heart that won Jean Harris’ freedom. A New York State parole-board panel approved her release last week after Governor Mario Cuomo cleared the way by granting her clemency in December. Harris served 12 years of a 15-year- to-life sentence for shooting her lover, “Scarsdale Diet” Dr. Herman Tarnower. Harris, 69, has been hospitalized following coronary surgery complications. After her release, she can finally stop serving life and start living it.
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