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Shelley's Plumbline: From Running Track to Running Drugs. An Interview with Orlando Jones
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Today’s episode of Shelley’s Plumbline features an interview from 1989 with Orlando Jones, a one-time track star at the University of Alabama. Orlando shares his story of how he went from running on a track as an All-American scholarship athlete to running drugs across the border in Mexico, eventually getting caught and landing in prison.
He shares his message in the hope that others might avoid his fate.
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Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Episode description (00:00:15)
3. Shelley's introduction (00:01:33)
4. The confessions of former Alabama track star, Orlando Jones (00:03:21)
5. Orlando describes his first encounter with drugs (00:07:49)
6. Drugs are treated with embalming fluid (00:08:30)
7. Orlando discusses his criminal conviction (00:14:24)
8. Orlando is charged (00:17:37)
9. Orlando talks about prison life (00:18:36)
10. Orlando helps the community to stop youth gangs (00:20:25)
11. Shelley's closing remarks (00:23:00)
12. Closing credits (00:28:46)
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