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Kris Scheppe put almost two years of his life on hold for one trial.

In May 2007, Scheppe was mugged by a teenager on his way to a convention for the Florida Federation of the Blind in St. Petersburg.

On March 11, he got justice – and the freedom to pursue a dream: to be the first blind person to sail nonstop around the world.

The 29-year-old North Fort Myers resident was born with retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye disease….  Details

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