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VIDEO | Standing Together to End Death in Prison for Children

Wednesday July 11, 2012 / In News, Video

Formerly incarcerated youth: Supreme Court right that kids are different

I am a productive citizen and a committed father who is working to keep kids out of trouble and our streets free of violent crime.

I also faced a possible sentence of life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty when I was only 16. I was convicted of third degree homicide instead of first degree murder and received a lesser sentence and served 8 ½ years behind bars. Since I was released in 1997, I have worked with hundreds of young men, trying to prevent them from entering the criminal justice system. read more...
~Edwin Desamour, Philadelphia

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