Florida Inmate Drops Pounds in Exchange for Early Release
By KATIE MOISSE | ABC News – Fri, Nov 25, 2011 10:39 AM EST
Florida Inmate Drops Pounds in Exchange for Early Release (ABC News) A 345-pound man jailed for driving with a suspended license was freed nine days early thanks to a Lake County, Fla., judge's "lose-a-pound, gain-a-day" deal. George McCovery, 37, dropped 25 pounds in 20 days -- a feat he credited to bland prison food and the judge's weight-loss challenge. "She gave me a chance to prove myself, and I didn't want to let her down," he told the Orlando Sentinel. Judge Donna Miller, whose courtroom proceedings are replayed in the TV show "Lake Courts," is famous for her unusual sentence deals. In her 17 years as a judge, Miller has ordered defendants to start jogging, take a dance class, tutor math and write Christmas cards, according to the Sentinel....................>>>>...................>>>>....................................http://gma.yahoo.com/florida-inmate-drops-pounds-exchange-early-release-153949503.html