Did False Testimony Cage the Tiger King?

A key witness in the allegations that led to Joe Exotic being arrested and placed behind bars has now retracted his statement, admitting that he gave false testimony. So why isn't Joe being released?

By the time the witness decided to speak again, the story had already hardened into a cultural artifact. Joe Exotic was no longer just a man in a federal prison. He was a costume, a punchline, a documentary villain flattened into episodes and catchphrases. The jury had delivered its verdict years earlier. The appeals courts had spoken. The public had mo…