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Century Correctional Inmate Death Under Investigation
November 17, 2017
The death of an inmate at the Century Correctional Institution is under investigation.
Officials say inmate John Terry Hollis died at the facility on November 4. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Department of Corrections Office of the Inspector General are investigating. No further information concerning the death have been released.
Hollis was 50 years old. He was serving life on a 1988 sentence for robbery and murder out of Nassau County. He had been in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections since November 1988.
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I do not condone the taking of another’s life except to preserve your own, but Jesus told Simon Peter that (paraphrased) “he who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.” Maybe Mr. Hollis is just a reminder that we should pay heed to “the words in red.”