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What It’s Like to Serve a Life Sentence Without Parole
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YES! Magazine - Social Justice
I was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP).
I don’t think anyone really knew when I was sentenced in 1992 what “life without parole” meant.
When you are sentenced to life without parole, there is a loss of autonomy.
Most of us—about 600—had sentences of life without parole.
Even with a life without parole sentence, having an education has kept us out of trouble, kept us productively busy.
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