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throwaway38180··on The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, left prison after 68 years
"This never would have happened if you were white"

Said my lawyer when I had to deal with stacked charges leading to years of incarceration for the mildest of subjective crimes.

Why? So they could have me plead guilty.

Never happened. Fuck the system.

throwaway38180··on The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, left prison after 68 years
Humans are cruel when left unchecked.

Did you really need to look at the article to know he was black?