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00:00At the age of 18, I had been found guilty for murder-aggravated battery and arm violence.
00:09My sentence was 28 years.
00:12Did they get me again? It's called three strikes around. I'm 58. I'm done.
00:18I'm tired of trying. And no matter what it is, if I do, a lot of times it just ain't working out.
00:30Reentry sometimes is a misnomer because it implies a second chance.
00:43And the reality for a lot of our brothers is that they never really had a first chance.
00:47I began to think that the best place for me to be was back in one of them sales because it's the only thing it is that I knew.
00:54You have no idea what it's like, man. And every step for me has been very challenging.
00:59You have no idea what it was like.
01:01You have no idea what it was like, you have no idea what it was like.
01:03I've been very challenged.
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