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extreme sentences

10 posts in ‘extreme sentences’

interventions

Ending Juvenile Life Without Parole

Convincing New Mexico to stop sentencing children to die in prison required us to let go of “us” versus “them” politics.

Denali Wilson

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first person

39 Years

I rejected a plea deal and chose instead to go to trial. I would not understand until too late that I had placed a target on my back.

Shebri Dillon

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Essay

A Lethal Upbringing

A decade of victimization landed a Harlem kid in prison. More than three decades later, he has not allowed prison to define his life story.

Robert Lee Williams

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interventions

Lawyerless No More

Once a person is imprisoned, indigent defense stops. But the gravity of mass incarceration demands legal representation to the very end.

Jennifer Soble

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in conversation

Returning to Freedom

A PBS series on reentry is exposing audiences to how people leaving prison grow, heal, and thrive despite their past.

Paul Butler & Cristian Farias

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A closer look

Squinting in the Sunlight

Most reentry programs assume a person who is able to work and live on their own. Those of us who are older don’t have that kind of freedom.

William Kissinger

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In Their Words

Ambassadors to Freedom

People condemned to die in prison are telling the world about it—and fighting to free one another in the process.

Marcus Kondkar, Calvin Duncan, Annie Nisenson, Daryl Waters, Ron Hicks & Everett Offray

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Reflections

Yearning to Go Home

Life-without-parole sentences hit families especially hard. Yet they fight on, committed to their loved ones’ freedom.

Kunlyna Tauch & Abigail Higgins

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advocacy

Face to Face

The Visiting Room Project offers an intimate glimpse into the stories of Louisianians serving life without parole.

Marcus Kondkar

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Policy

Serial Injustices

Millions rallied behind Adnan Syed, whom the system gave a second look. Many others serving extreme sentences deserve a second look, too.

Cecilia Bruni & Destiny Fullwood-Singh

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