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Joe Ligon is pictured in 1963, 10 years into his prison sentence. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Ligon entered prison when Dwight Eisenhower was president. During the 68 years that he spent incarcerated in a half dozen penal institutions, the world outside moved on. At the one-day trial in 1953, Ligon and his co-defendants were referred to as “coloured.” At school, his special education classes were designated for the “orthogenically backward.” He was incarcerated in a facility nam...

After 68 years behind bars, the nations longest-serving juvenile lifer embraces freedom Karen Heller, The Washington Post Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 12 1of12Juvenile offender Joe Ligon has been released after 68 years behind bars in Pennsylvania.Washington Post photo by Michael S. WilliamsonShow MoreShow Less 2of12Joe Ligon, right, and his attorney, Bradley Bridge, stop for coronavirus-related temperature checks in the lobby of Bridges Philadelphia office building.Washingto...

oxygen Insider Exclusive! Sign Up for Free to View The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer walked out of prison Thursday morning after spending 68 years behind bars. Joe Ligon, 82, was released from prison at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, nearly seven decades after he began his sentence in December 1953 at the age of 15, Maria A. Bivens, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections confirmed to Oxygen.com. In Ligon’s first hours of freedom as he traveled to the public defender’s Ci...

Joe Micallef Stafrace, 1933-2021 Joe Micallef Stafrace had a distinguished career but, above all, he was a decent and well-read man. He was loyal to the Labour Party but never afraid to criticise it or its leadership when he deemed necessary. Is-Sebħ, which he edited, became a daily in 1956. It was an anti-colonial mouthpiece at a time when Dom Mintoff’s party was seeking integration with Britain. One of its famous front-page editorials in February 1956, when Major-General Sir Robert Laycock...

December 14, 2020 Fewer families benefit from Toys for Tots this year Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 14, 2020 (Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant) From left, Olga Sarli, Joe Nerling, Michael Lopez and Gina Maestas help deliver a sack of toys to a family during the drive-thru Toys for Tots distribution at the Santa Clara Armory on Saturday. The “contactless” event was held in accordance with COVID-19 pandemi...

Senior Kiara Gilbert awarded Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the UK Denise Valenti, Office of Communications Dec. 10, 2020 9 a.m. Kiara Gilbert Photo by Leopoldo Solis Princeton senior Kiara “KiKi” Gilbert has been named a 2021 Marshall Scholar. The Marshall Scholarship seeks to promote strong relations between the United Kingdom and the United States by offering intellectually distinguished young Americans the opportunity to develop their abilities as future leaders....