Parole reform takes center election stage
Two bills making Albany circuit could alter how older prisoners are finally released
By SACHI McCLENDON
Posted 3/3/22
Jose Colon was just 17 years old when he was charged with murder. By the time he was 19, a judge sent Jose to prison for at least the next 30 years, if not the rest of his life. Now 40, the teenager Jose once was is a faded memory, according to wife Jeannie. But he’s done anything but rot.
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