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Release. >> larry: a high school diploma. >> right, then i left and went to college. there were no thugs in college, and then i was able to obtain a productive skill, of course, as a lawyer, and then later as a judge. but it was as a result of an education. thats why i emphasize that. >> larry: youre a product of affirmative action, right? >> absolutely. >> larry: now youre giving back, trying to help young men from lives of crimes. you visit prisoners. the prison program is called prison empowe...

>> absolutely both, jails and prisons. >> larry: how did you not end up a criminal? >> well, unfortunately, a street youth and getting involved in the jail as a criminal, i cannot deny that. >> larry: you didnt end up one. >> how did it overcome that? >> it was education. the judge ordered me to get a ged as a condition of my release. >> larry: a high school diploma. >> right, then i left and went to college. there were no thugs in college, and then i was able to obtain a productive skill, of co...