After 68 years behind bars, the nation's longest-serving juvenile lifer embraces freedom
Karen Heller, The Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2021
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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 Bridge's Philadelphia office building.Washington Post photo by Michael S. WilliamsonShow MoreShow Less
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4of12A giddy Joe Ligon shadowboxes in the parking garage to burn off nervous energy as lawyer Bradley Bridge grabs his suitcase from a trunk filled with his client's legal papers.Washington Post photo by Michael S. WilliamsonShow MoreShow Less