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Re:Joe Ligon: America's 'longest juvenile lifer' on 68 years... by taneq on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:35PM (#27167215)
You're fed and clothed your whole life. Plus 60+ years is a lot of time to build some robust rationalisations as to why it aint so bad.
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Re:Joe Ligon: America's 'longest juvenile lifer' on 68 years... by dragonwriter on Saturday May 15, 2021 @05:27PM (#27169191)
> You're fed and clothed your whole life. Plus 60+ years is a lot of time to build some robust rationalisations as to why it aint so bad.

And compared to being a black youth in Jim Crow Alabama—Ligon’s only pre-prison experience—“ain’t so bad” is a pretty low bar to clear.

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