Philadelphia man released from prison after nearly 7 decades
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Bradley Bridge, attorney, joins Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the crime.
PHILADELPHIA - Joe Ligon, the nation s oldest juvenile lifer, left State Correctional Institution Phoenix in Montgomery County last Thursday morning.
Joe has been in prison since 1953 after he and a group of teens were implicated in a robbery and assault spree that left two people dead and six injured.
Joe admits he was there, but denies killing anyone. He spent 68 years in prison before being released last week.
Attorney Bradley Bridge has represented Joe Ligon since 2006 and joined Good Day Philadelphia to discuss Joe s case.
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 dead - Charles Pitts, 60, and Jackson Hamm, 65, and six others were injured from stab wounds. Jailed in 1953, Ligon refused to apply for parole as he denies ever killing anyone.
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 didn t exist before
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Joseph Ligon was 15-years-old when he was jailed for life (Image: State Correctional Institution at PCH)
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