The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, left a Pa. prison after 68 years

Written By Madelyn S

Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2021: The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, left a Pa. prison after 68 years

“Ligon, now 83, received a life term for murder for taking part in a spree of robbery and assaults in which two people died: Charles Pitts, 60, and Jackson Hamm, 65. Ligon admits participating in the crime with a group of drunk teens but denies killing anyone.”

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Additional reading:

The Washington Post, February 19, 2021: He’s looking forward to ‘a better everything’

The Sentencing Project, January 25, 2021: Juvenile Life Without Parole: An Overview

NPR, November 3, 2020: Supreme Court Examines When Juveniles May Be Sentenced to Life Without Parole

The Marshall Project, January 30, 2020: What’s the Meaning of “Life” When Sentencing Kids?

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