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The Night That Lasted A Lifetime

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The Roots of the Judgment

Frederick clay was tried as an adult for the murder of geffrey boagion. A judge decided that fred wasn't really a child, because he didn't show a capacity to change his ways. The idea that black children couldn't be saved or redeemed has seeped into cultural norms and into the courts. It is no coincidence that youngest person in modern america to be executed was a 14 year old black boy....

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