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The documentary "We Stand Corrected: Dannemora," was released in 2018. Its official description: It "examines the causes and effects of the 2015 escape from Clinton Correctional Facility.
Ten years ago, on June 6, 2015, two convicted murderers escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, setting off a three-week-long manhunt that captivated the nation and the ...
Cop killer David Sweat’s emotional jailhouse interview 10 years after infamous ‘Escape at Dannemora’ By Georgia Worrell Published June 7, 2025, 9:53 a.m. ET ...
DANNEMORA, NY (WVNY/WFFF) It’s been 10 years since the notorious Dannemora prison break that thrust the North Country into the national spotlight. Most of the world doesn’t know the small town ...
NBC5 was at the heart of the historic escape in the days and weeks to follow. Now, on the 10-year anniversary of one of the most famous prison breaks in American history, we're looking back at ...
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The search moves to Franklin County Over about two weeks, Matt and Sweat had walked nearly 40 miles, from Dannemora towards Malone. On June 22, 2015, the men’s DNA was found in a cabin near Owl ...
The escape was featured in a 2018 Showtime miniseries, "Escape at Dannemora," with Patricia Arquette playing the part of Mitchell.
Dannemora, NY, June 7, 2015--MANHUNT--Corrections officers work through the evening inspecting cars and car trunks in their search for two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility this ...
The escape came to a dramatic end on June 28th when then State Trooper Jay Cook encountered, chased and shot Sweat in Constable, a rural area of northern New York near the Canadian border.
The escape was featured in a 2018 Showtime miniseries, "Escape at Dannemora," with Patricia Arquette playing the part of Mitchell. Mitchell was sentenced to 2 1/3 to seven years and was denied ...