{"id":188965,"date":"2026-08-23T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/188965\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:02:13","slug":"ptaci-muz-cekal-osmkrat-na-smrt-nakonec-zemrel-starim-ve-101-letech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/188965\/","title":{"rendered":"Pta\u010d\u00ed mu\u017e \u010dekal osmkr\u00e1t na smrt. Nakonec zem\u0159el st\u00e1\u0159\u00edm ve 101\u00a0letech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Za p\u00e1r dn\u00ed, konkr\u00e9tn\u011b 1.\u00a0z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed, by Smith oslavil 102.\u00a0narozeniny. Koncem \u010dervna v\u0161ak vydechl naposledy v\u00a0zabezpe\u010den\u00e9m pe\u010dovatelsk\u00e9m za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed 60\u00a0West v\u00a0Rocky Hill v\u00a0americk\u00e9m st\u00e1t\u011b Connecticut, kter\u00e9 le\u017e\u00ed zhruba sto kilometr\u016f severov\u00fdchodn\u011b od jeho rodn\u00e9ho m\u011bsta Stamford.<\/p>\n

\u201eV podstat\u011b zem\u0159el st\u00e1\u0159\u00edm,\u201c uvedl pro web stanice BBC <\/a>mluv\u010d\u00ed pe\u010dovatelsk\u00e9ho domu David Skoczulek. \u201eRodina se na vy\u0159izov\u00e1n\u00ed z\u00e1le\u017eitost\u00ed po jeho smrti pod\u00edlela jen okrajov\u011b. Podle z\u00e1stupc\u016f za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed v\u0161ak bylo o\u00a0v\u0161e postar\u00e1no d\u016fstojn\u011b a\u00a0v souladu s\u00a0jeho p\u0159\u00e1n\u00edm,\u201c dodal mluv\u010d\u00ed. Smith nem\u011bl poh\u0159eb a\u00a0jeho t\u011blo bylo zpopeln\u011bno.<\/p>\n

Smith m\u011bl s\u00a0trestnou \u010dinnost\u00ed probl\u00e9my u\u017e od ml\u00e1d\u00ed. Je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed vra\u017edou byl opakovan\u011b trest\u00e1n za majetkov\u00e9 delikty a\u00a0vloup\u00e1n\u00ed, absolvoval pobyt v\u00a0n\u00e1pravn\u00e9m za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed, ze kter\u00e9ho uprchl po napaden\u00ed dozorce, a\u00a0pod\u00edlel se tak\u00e9 na kr\u00e1de\u017ei auta, zbran\u00ed a\u00a0pokusu o\u00a0ozbrojenou loupe\u017e.<\/p>\n

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A v\u00a025\u00a0letech, tehdy se psal rok 1950, byl odsouzen k\u00a0trestu smrti za vra\u017edu no\u010dn\u00edho hl\u00edda\u010de, 68let\u00e9ho Grovera Harta, p\u0159i loupe\u017ei v\u00a0jachta\u0159sk\u00e9m klubu v\u00a0Connecticutu. Od po\u010d\u00e1tku tvrdil, \u017ee je nevinn\u00fd. Jeho p\u0159\u00edpad postupn\u011b za\u010daly prov\u00e1zet v\u00e1\u017en\u00e9 pochybnosti. Kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00ed sv\u011bdci sv\u00e9 v\u00fdpov\u011bdi odvolali, spoluobvin\u011bn\u00fd pozd\u011bji prohl\u00e1sil, \u017ee k\u00a0usv\u011bd\u010duj\u00edc\u00edmu sv\u011bdectv\u00ed byl donucen, a\u00a0dal\u0161\u00ed mu\u017e se k\u00a0vra\u017ed\u011b dokonce p\u0159iznal.<\/p>\n

Pochybnosti byly natolik siln\u00e9, \u017ee jeden z\u00a0policist\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed Smitha po zat\u010den\u00ed vysl\u00fdchali, po letech uvedl, \u017ee si nen\u00ed jist\u00fd ani t\u00edm, zda byl na m\u00edst\u011b \u010dinu. P\u0159esto Smith nikdy nedostal nov\u00fd proces. V\u00a0roce 1954\u00a0mu byl pouze zm\u011bn\u011bn trest smrti na do\u017eivot\u00ed.<\/p>\n

N\u00e1sledovalo dal\u0161\u00edch v\u00edce ne\u017e 70\u00a0let za m\u0159\u00ed\u017eemi. S\u00a0v\u00fdjimkou n\u011bkolika kr\u00e1tk\u00fdch epizod na svobod\u011b, v\u010detn\u011b \u00fat\u011bku z\u00a0v\u011bzen\u00ed v\u00a0roce 1967\u00a0a\u00a0desetim\u011bs\u00ed\u010dn\u00edho obdob\u00ed podm\u00edne\u010dn\u00e9ho propu\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, z\u016fstal pod dohledem v\u011bze\u0148sk\u00e9ho syst\u00e9mu a\u017e do vysok\u00e9ho v\u011bku. Ve v\u011bznici Osborn, kter\u00e1 le\u017e\u00ed ve m\u011bst\u011b Somers v\u00a0Connecticutu, si vyslou\u017eil p\u0159ezd\u00edvku Pta\u010d\u00ed mu\u017e, proto\u017ee schov\u00e1val chl\u00e9b z\u00a0j\u00eddelny, aby mohl krmit pt\u00e1ky na v\u011bze\u0148sk\u00e9m dvo\u0159e.<\/p>\n

\u201eDo kapes si cpal tolik chleba, kolik se mu tam ve\u0161lo. Ostatn\u00ed nad t\u00edm p\u0159iv\u00edrali o\u010di, proto\u017ee v\u011bd\u011bli, \u017ee j\u00edm krm\u00ed pt\u00e1ky,\u201c zavzpom\u00ednal Andrius Banevicius, mluv\u010d\u00ed connecticutsk\u00e9 v\u011bze\u0148sk\u00e9 spr\u00e1vy.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Francis Clifford Smith, the oldest prisoner in the United States, has died at 101 after spending over 70 years in custody for a 1949 murder he always denied committing.<\/p>\n

Key witnesses later recanted, another inmate confessed to the crime, and a lead interrogator expressed\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/dsUJBtTXJP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) August 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201eJsem tu bez jak\u00fdchkoli d\u016fkaz\u016f,\u201c \u0159ekl Smith v\u00a0minulosti pro americk\u00fd den\u00edk Boston Globe. Teprve v\u00a0roce 2020\u00a0byl ve sv\u00fdch 95\u00a0letech podm\u00edne\u010dn\u011b propu\u0161t\u011bn do specializovan\u00e9ho za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed pro star\u00e9 a\u00a0nemocn\u00e9 v\u011bzn\u011b, kde zem\u0159el.<\/p>\n

Smith\u016fv osud z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 jedn\u00edm z\u00a0nejpodivuhodn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh\u016f americk\u00e9 justice. Mu\u017e, kter\u00fd m\u011bl b\u00fdt osmkr\u00e1t popraven, nakonec p\u0159e\u017eil v\u0161echny sv\u00e9 katy. A\u00a0ot\u00e1zka, zda byl skute\u010dn\u011b vinn\u00fd, z\u016fstala nezodpov\u011bzena a\u017e do jeho posledn\u00edho dne.<\/p>\n

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