"Reformed thief's 'one last score': stealing Judy Garland's ruby slippers"
Terry Jon Martin, 76, admitted to stealing the iconic ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz as "one last score" after being convinced by an old mob associate, despite having given up a life of crime for nearly a decade. His defense lawyer revealed in a sentencing memo that Martin, who had never seen the movie and was unaware of the slippers' cultural significance, took the shoes from a museum in 2005, only to later discover they were not adorned with real gemstones. His lawyers are requesting that he be kept out of prison due to his poor health, as he is currently in hospice care with a life expectancy of six months.