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Getting Out Of Prison Sooner

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Reggie Nicholson was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,650 years for a non-violent crime, when his daughter Alexis was 8 years old. He was told he’d never even have the chance to get out. But this year, after 17 years behind bars, he got the chance.

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