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The convict and the singer

John Forte is serving 14 years in prison for drug trafficking. Carly Simon has made it her mission to get him out.

By Bella English
Globe Staff / July 13, 2005

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Almost daily, the telephone rings at Carly Simon's farm on Martha's Vineyard. The recorded voice begins: ''This call is from a federal prison." (Full article: 2351 words)

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