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Joe Ligon Was Released From Prison today. He Has Been There Since He Was 15 Years Old. Falsely Convicted In 1953

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



Ligon, now 83, received his life term for taking part in a spree of robbery and assaults in which two people died. Ligon admits participating in the crime with a group of drunk teens but denies killing anyone.⁠

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that automatic life terms for kids are cruel and unusual, he was one of more than 500 Pennsylvania prisoners all resentenced to terms contingent on lifetime parole.

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