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Robert Burns dies a free man, ending interstate legal battle.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 23-JAN-02 		Format: Online - approximately 1387 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Robert Burns dies a free man, ending interstate legal battle.(Crime)(Fugitive: Oregon released the reformed convict, but California still demanded he serve out his life term.)

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Byline: BILL BISHOP The Register-Guard

Ailing fugitive Robert Lee Burns, who won a governor's backing as a shining example of prison reform, died at home early Tuesday after spending the last year of his life fighting a decades-old murder sentence in the getaway shooting of a California Highway Patrol officer.

The 71-year-old painting contractor was living under house arrest while the Oregon Court of Appeals decided whether California could force him to return to face the rest of a life prison term.

He was hospitalized 10 days ago in critical condition with heart disease and spreading cancer. On Saturday, he returned to his ex-wife's home in Springfield under hospice care.

"Bob is not suffering anymore. He's with God now," said family spokeswoman Tammy Ferguson, Burns' ex-sister-in-law. "He got what he wanted. He got to die at home with his family."

FBI agents arrested Burns last January in Springfield after he had lived crime-free for 27 years in Oregon. He remained in jail until an anonymous donor posted $10,000 in cash to secure his release in March.

From the outset, family members said Burns' health was so fragile that they feared any return to prison would hasten his death.

The case brought Burns national media attention and epitomized...

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