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The Stream looks at Fault Lines’ ’51 Years Behind Bars’ and asks if the country can build a more humane justice system.

On Monday, June 27 at 19:30 GMT:Almeer Nance was 16 years old when he joined two other people in an armed robbery that ended in the murder of a store

Legislators and advocates are seeking significant changes to Tennessee’s sentencing laws

Nashville Tennessean A major criminal justice reform initiative pushed for years by advocates has finally passed a significant milestone in Tennessee. It’s a measure that would offer a life-altering second chance for inmates serving life in prison to prove they have been rehabilitated. Currently, a 1995 state law prohibits life-sentence inmates from having a parole eligibility hearing until after they have served 51 years. Despite first-degree murder in the state having three possible sentences — death, life in prison without parole and life in prison with the possibility of parole — t...

Members of the group Unheard Voices Outreach marched to the Capitol steps in downtown Nashville, as they chanted for the release of Donald Clemons.