life imprisonment
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Convict Is Granted ‘Compassionate Release’ But Back Behind Bars for the… Same… Damn… Crime
A judge ruled to send Markham David Bond back to prison after he already spent 26 years behind bars.
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Mercy Granted to Mom Imprisoned for Trying to Save Her Baby
A woman who was imprisoned after her son died of malnutrition during Hurricane Katrina was pardoned by the state.
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Jacqueline Avant’s Killer Gets 150-To-Life Sentence
The wife of ‘The Black Godfather” was shot in a robbery gone bad.
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Louisiana Inmate Instrumental in Ending Juvenile Life Sentences Freed From Prison
Henry Montgomery, 75, was released from prison after serving 58 years for a killing he committed when he was just 17.
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Kim Kardashian West, J. Cole Bring Attention to the Julius Jones Case in Oklahoma as Execution Date Nears
Kim Kardashian West said she is waiting to see if Oklahoma’s Governor Stitt will stop Thursday’s execution
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America's Oldest Juvenile Lifer Is a Black Man Who Was Released in Philadelphia After 68 Years in Prison
It should surprise absolutely no one that America’s oldest and longest-serving juvenile offender is a Black man. Joe Ligon was 15 years old when he received a life sentence in Philadelphia for his involvement in a series of robberies and assaults that left two people dead—people he has always denied killing while admitting that he…