Wait For the Movie...
Good for that juvenile delinquent whose rejection of normalcy and societal mores took him on a rather unusual jaunt across parts of the United States and Canada while he performed antics that drew the attention of the world and got him rave reviews among the raving youth who glorified him on Facebook.Colton Harris-Moore, now 20, was a rebellious teenager who scoffed at society's values and demonstrated how adept he was at dodging the law while performing daringly audacious and sometimes dangerous acts of social malfeasance. He might have thrilled a lot of kids who followed his exploits but there's little doubt that his two-year crime spree also hurt a lot of people.
Break-ins, thefts and boldly taking off with private property like cars, airplanes and motorboats in an excess of dauntless "catch-me-if-you-can" scenarios, left a real trail of anxiety that sooner or later a life would be lost and ever more dangerous exploits might make that lost life either his own or some innocent bystander's.
His defiance of authority appears to have been supported by his mother, herself possibly more than a little delinquent in the raising of this young man. He is now securely ensconced in an American prison. But his exploits continue to fascinate people, and he does have a story to tell, and isn't shy, evidently, about telling it.
He has signed, it would appear, a movie deal worth over a million with 20th Century Fox. It figures that Hollywood wouldn't let this one get away. But perhaps a little bit of maturity has made its late arrival in Colton Harris-Moore's agreeing to forego profiting from his story and the movie portraying him in action, to benefit those whom his criminal activities victimized.
There's hope for the young man, yet. And perhaps, in the final analysis, with his plea bargain abetted by this restitution decision, he won't face a full decade in prison, when he is finally sentenced.
Labels: Adventure, Crime, That's Life, United States
posted by Pieface @ Friday, August 12, 2011
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