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Here’s How I Use My Story to Teach Incarcerated Kids That Writing Matters

At 18, Bobby Bostic was sentenced to 241 years in prison. Now out on parole, he’s sharing the healing power of writing in juvenile detention centers.

Life Inside • 10.20.2023

In 2022, Exonerations Hit a Record High in the U.S.

Globally, potential innocence has long outweighed potential guilt. That philosophy of justice may not be one that the majority of Americans endorse.

Closing Argument • 05.20.2023

I Was Sentenced to Die in Prison. But After 27 Years, I’m Finally Free

When I went to jail in 1995, I had never used the internet. As I play catchup, the simplest things are everything.

Life Inside • 02.24.2023

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