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When should boys who go to prison get a second chance? | COMMENTARY

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How long should a man convicted of murder at 16 spend in prison before he gets a shot at parole? In the case of Eric Smith, a 42-year-old man who was sentenced to life as a juvenile, a Baltimore judge finds that 39 years is about right. But there’s something profoundly wrong with keeping a teenager in prison for so long before giving him a second chance.


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