Testimony
A sentence of life in prison without parole was a common one for teen offenders, until the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision ruled it unconstitutional. In the interim, thousands of young lives were virtually thrown away, consigned to hopeless imprisonment. Suddenly, hundreds of these inmates were unexpectedly set free, to reconnect and re-enter their lives. We hear their truth.
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