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Where Wellness & Culture Connect Oldest Juvenile Sentenced to Life in Prison, Released after 68 years (Photo credit: Twitter) The nation’s longest-serving juvenile inmate who spent 68 years behind bars is settling into a whole new world after he finally walked free last week. Joe Ligon was incarcerated in February 1953 at the age of 15, given a mandatory life sentence after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a robbery and stabbing spree in Philadelphia with four other teenage boys. The ...

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...

By Mirror | 1 month ago Joseph Ligon was only 15 when he was jailed for life for murder after a spree of robberies and attacks. The oldest juvenile lifer who walked free from prison at 83 has reportedly said he was "amazed" by skyscrapers and mourns his family members who have since died. Joseph Ligon was only 15 when he was jailed for life for murder after a spree of robberies and attacks with a group of drunken teenagers in Philadelphia, US. During that spate of violence two people were left ...

Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars.

Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars.

By Heather Law and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Updated 9:27 PM ET, Wed February 17, 2021 Joe Ligon outside his lawyers office in Philadelphia after his February 11 release. (CNN)Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars. Ligon was incarcerated in February 1953 at the age of 15, given a mandatory life sentence after pleading guilty to charges stemming ...

Juvenile offender, 83, finally out of prison after 68 years is amazed by new world Joseph Ligon was 15-years-old when he was jailed for life. The oldest juvenile lifer in the country was finally released, and he is now in awe of the new world which didnt exist before Updated Joseph Ligon was 15-years-old when he was jailed for life (Image: State Correctional Institution at PCH) The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid Email...

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...

He won release through a legal maneuver that has given hope to hundreds of other juvenile lifers all serving lifetime parole.

He’s been imprisoned since 1953, when he was just 15 years old.