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  • Henry Montgomery, who paved the way for juvenile lifers to seek parole, free after nearly 58 years (Part 2)

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  • Henry Montgomery, who paved the way for juvenile lifers to seek parole, free after nearly 58 years (Part 1)

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  • His case cleared the way for juvenile lifers to seek parole. Now he’s free after nearly 58 years.

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How did we get here? How US ended up with culture of mass incarceration (Part 1)

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Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, talks to Lester Holt during an MSNBC Town Hall event with Lester Holt on criminal justice reform at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York. Holt talks to inmates and guests at the prison for their thoughts on mass incarceration in America.