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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When Caston was 18, he ambushed and murdered another teenager. Yet when I read what he wrote, he doesn't seem to carry remorse, but rather resentment and entitlement, as if him murdering someone is everyone else's fault.[b] I can't possibly imagine committing a planned murder and then acting like I was a victim:[/b]

"Alongside my colleagues Tyrone Walker and Michael Woody—both also tried as adults under 25—we built the Young Men Emerging (YME) program inside the D.C. Jail. The frontal lobe doesn’t fully develop until your mid 20s. So we asked: why are young people who have committed crimes during this transitory phase being tried as adults?"

"The sad fact is that even though Latinos and Black people represent 13% of the US population, we make up 40% of the prison population. We’re bearing the brunt of the prison industrial complex."

"These aren’t glass ceilings, they’re cement—and I’m the fool trying to bust through them. But I’m beginning to see how impactful my win is. Incarcerated people, we sometimes think our voices don’t matter. But Joels and Joelitas can bring value to the table if you give them a chance. Policies have to be rewritten to allow someone like me to qualify to be a politician, to be an investor, to be a banker. If we can do that, then we can open the floodgate. We’re an asset, not a liability."

https://time.com/6119243/joel-caston-prison-reform/[/quote]

We know that you can't imagine being in that situation; that's the value in having a different perspective on the committee.[/quote]

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