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By Heather Law and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Updated 9:27 PM ET, Wed February 17, 2021 Joe Ligon outside his lawyer's 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 from a robbery and stabbing spree in Philadelphia with four other teenage boys. The crime left six ...

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 Updated Joseph Ligon was 15-years-old when he was jailed for life (Image: State Correctional Institution at PCH) The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we will use the ...

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 City Center office, he was struck by the size of the massive buildings that had been erected in the ye...

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.