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David Sweat, the convicted killer and escapee was given maximum penalty by the Clinton County Court. After the hearing, Sweat apologized for the fear and trauma he caused to the community.

A prison employee who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York was sentenced on Monday to up to 7 years behind bars for providing the inmates with tools used in their daring break-out.

A manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a New York state maximum security prison focused on a rural area near the Canadian border on Saturday, a day after his fellow escapee was killed.