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WHEN HER COUSIN WAS RELEASED

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FROM PRISON AT THE AGE OF 26,

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AUTHOR DANIELLE ALLEN TRIED TO

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HELP HIM REENTER A WORLD HE LEFT

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AS A TEENAGER.

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DESPITE HER EFFORTS AND

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RESOURCES, THE THEN DEAN AT THE

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COULD ONLY

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DO SO MUCH TO HELP THE YOUNG MAN

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STRUGGLING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

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A SECOND CHANCE.

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IN THE NEW BOOK, "CUZ: THE LIFE

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AND TIMES OF MICHAEL A" ALLEN

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TRACES HER COUSIN'S LIFE STORY

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AND PLACES IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT

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OF YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN

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DURING THE HEIGHT OF

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CALIFORNIA'S CRIME CRACKDOWN AND

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THE SO-CALLED WAR ON DRUGS.

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AND DANIELLE ALLEN JOINS US NOW.

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A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD AND

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PREVIOUSLY SPENT 10 YEARS ON THE

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY

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WAS IN TOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND

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FOR THE CHICAGO HUMANITIES

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FESTIVAL AND WELCOME BACK TO

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CHICAGO.

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YOU AND YOUR COUSIN WERE CLOSE

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GROWING UP BUT YOUR LIVES

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DIVERGED.

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HOW DID MICHAEL START TO GET

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INTO TROUBLE?

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>> WE WERE PART OF A BIG

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EXTENDED FAMILY AND COUSINS

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WITHIN THAT EXTENDED FAMILY.

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WHEN MICHAEL WAS 10 HIS MOTHER

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MARRIED A MAN WHO WAS ABUSIVE

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AND THE FAMILY EXPLODED IN THE

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WAKE OF THAT MARRIAGE.

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THEY MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA TO

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MISSISSIPPI, TO GEORGIA, BACK TO

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CALIFORNIA.

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MICHAEL HAD FIVE MID-YEAR SCHOOL

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TRANSITIONS AND THE LAST MOVE

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SAW HIM LANDING IN SOUTH CENTRAL

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LOS ANGELES IN THE EARLY 90s,

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A WORLD RIFE WITH GANGS AND

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VIOLENCE AND HARD FOR A KID TO

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LAND IN A WORLD LIKE THAT.

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THE SHORT OF IS KIDS FIND

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THEMSELVES NEEDING PROTECTION

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AND GANGS OFFER PROTECTION AND

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MICHAEL STARTED FLIRTING WITH

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GANGS AND THAT IS WHERE THE

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TROUBLE CAME FROM.

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>> BEFORE HE GOT TO LA HE

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COMMITTED PETTY THEFTS BUT HE

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WAS TREATED --

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LA WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.

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WAS WAS MICHAEL SENT TO PRISON?

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>> WHEN HE WAS 15 IN 1995 HE WAS

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ARRESTED FOR AN ATTEMPTED

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CARJACKING.

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A SUNDAY MORNING FOGGY MORNING

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AND HE TRIED TO HOLD SOMEBODY UP

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WITH A GUN TO TAKE THE MAN'S

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CADILLAC.

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AND THE VICTIM WRESTLED AWAY THE

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GUN AND SHOT MICHAEL THROUGH THE

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NECK AND IN THE HOSPITAL IN THE

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AMBULANCE ON THE WAY TO THE

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HOSPITAL MICHAEL CONFESSED THAT

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HE ROBBED THREE PEOPLE THE

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PREVIOUS DAY.

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SO IT WAS A CRIME SPREE BUT IT

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CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

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YOU ARE RIGHT.

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HE HAD STOLEN 10 FROM A

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NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.

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HE HAD STOLEN A RADIO BUT THIS

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WAS THE EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN

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THE LEVEL OF HIS ACTIVITY AND WE

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WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE.

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WE WERE TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE

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PREVIOUS INCIDENTS AND IT WAS

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THAT HE HAD GOTTEN ENTANGLED

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WITH GANGS.

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AND THE LITERATURE SUGGESTS

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THERE IS A RHYTHM WHERE KIDS

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START FLIRTING WITH GANGS 11-13

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AND 18 MONTHS THEY THEIR FIRST

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ARREST AND THAT IS EXACTLY THE

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PATTERN THAT MICHAEL WENT

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THROUGH.

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>> AND THE OTHER THING WAS A

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PROFOUND EVENT WAS THE LENGTH OF

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THE PRISON SENTENCE.

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TALK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT

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MEANT RELATIVE TO HOW LONG HE

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HAD BEEN ALIVE?

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>> TO MICHAEL WAS 15 WHEN

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ARRESTED.

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AND HE WAS ARRESTED 18 MONTHS

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AFTER CALIFORNIA PASSED THE

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THREE STRIKES YOU ARE OUTLAW AND

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IT MEANT IF YOU COMMITTED THREE

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FELONIES YOUR SENTENCE WOULD BE

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25 YEARS TO LIFE.

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AND ALTHOUGH THIS WAS MICHAEL'S

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FIRST ARREST BECAUSE HE

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CONFESSED TO THE OTHER ROBBERIES

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HE WAS CHARGED WITH FOUR

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FELONIES.

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AND THE JUMP TOLD HIM THAT A

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CONVICTION AT A JURY TRIAL WOULD

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YIELD 25 YEARS TO LIFE SO A

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JUDGE ENCOURAGED HIM TO PLEAD

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GUILTY AND HE HE DID.

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HE COULD NOT MAKEUP HIS MIND HIS

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MOTHER DECIDED FOR HIM THAT HE

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SHOULD PLEAD GUILTY AND GOT A

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SENTENCE OF 12 YEARS AND 8

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MONTHS.

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>> WHY SUCH A TOUGH SENTENCE?

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>> IT WAS CALIFORNIA.

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IT WAS GOING THROUGH A MAJOR

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CRIME WAVE.

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AND CARJACKING IN PARTICULAR WAS

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SORT OF THE CRIME THAT STRUCK

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FEAR IN EVERYBODY REASONABLY.

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IT IS A TERRIBLE THING NOBODY

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WANTS TO GO THROUGH THAT

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EXPERIENCE AND CALIFORNIA WAS

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RATCHETING UP THE SEVERITY OF

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THE PENAL SYSTEM.

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THEY HAD BEEN LOWERING THE AGE

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AT WHICH JUVENILES COULD BE

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TRIED AS ADULTS.

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THE AGE HAD GONE DOWN TO 14

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MONTHS BEFORE MICHAEL'S CRIME.

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AND --

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>> HORRIBLE TIMING ON HIS PART

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IN TERMS OF WHAT HE SAID AND THE

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CONSEQUENCES.

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>> IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE WORST

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POINT OF THE SEVERITY OF THE

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CALIFORNIA SYSTEM AND ALSO

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THINGS WERE NEW ENOUGH THAT WE

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AS HIS FAMILY DID NOT UNDERSTAND

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ALTOGETHER WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN

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THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

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WE WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE WHEN

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THEY DECIDED TO TRY HIM AS AN

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ADULT NOT A JUVENILE.

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AND WE HAD NEVER IMAGINED THAT

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THREE STRIKES LAW WOULD APPLY TO

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SOMEBODY ON THEIR FIRST ARREST

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AND SO FORTH.

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SO I THINK AS A FAMILY WE WERE

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UNPREPARED IN SUPPORTING HIM AND

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WORKING THROUGH THIS SITUATION.

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>> YOU HELPED HIM AFTERWARDS.

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HE GETS OUT OF PRISON AND HELPED

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HIM GET A LIBRARY CARD A

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DRIVER'S LICENSE AND A JOB AND

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SIGN HIM UP FOR COMMUNITY

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COLLEGE.

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IT DID NOT WORK.

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WHY DID IT NOT WORK?

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>> WELL, THE SIMPLE FACT OF THE

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MATTER IS UP WITH OF THE HARDEST

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PARTS OF LEAVING PRISON IS TO

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LEAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT

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YOU'VE HAD IN PRISON.

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AND MICHAEL WAS IN PRISON FROM

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AGE OF 15 TO 26.

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AND WE ALL HAVE TO THINK WHAT

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IT'S LIKE TO BE A 15-YEAR-OLD

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YOU ARE DISCOVERING YOURSELF AS

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A SEXUAL BEING AND INDEPENDENT

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PERSON AND MICHAEL FELL IN LOVE

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IN PRISON.

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HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A

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TRANSGENDER WOMAN IN THE MEN'S

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PRISON AT THE TIME.

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>> SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF

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TRANSITIONING.

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>> YES.

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BUT SHE WAS IN THE MEN'S PRISON

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AND WHEN HE LEFT AND WAS

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DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE

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AN APARTMENT THAT WAS CLOSE TO

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THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE HE

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ENROLLED, HE SPENT 24 HOURS OF

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INDECISION TRYING TO DECIDE

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WHETHER TO TAKE IT AND DECIDED

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NO THE TO.

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AND GROUNDS FOR NOT TAKING IT

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WERE THAT HE COULD NOT IMAGINE

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WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF HIS

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ASSOCIATES CAME BY THERE.

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AND AT THE TIME I DID NOT

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UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TALKING

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ABOUT.

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AND MONTHS LATER WHEN HE MOVED

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IN WITH BRIE, THAT IS HE WANTED

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TO RECONNECT WITH BRIE AND

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REKINDLE THE RELATIONSHIP ON

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THAT MOMENT WHERE HE IS CHOOSING

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WHETHER TO TAKE THAT APARTMENT

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OR NOT HE WAS MAKING A JUDGMENT

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ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LOVE

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OF HIS LIFE A RELATIONSHIP HE

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FORMED IN PRISON WAS IT A

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RELATIONSHIP HE WAS GOING TO

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TAKE WITH HIM OR NOT?

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AND HE CHOSE TO TAKE THAT

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RELATIONSHIP AND IN THE END SHE

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WAS THE PERSON WHO KILLED HIM.

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HE DIED THREE YEARS AFTER HE GOT

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OUT.

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SO I THINK THAT FOR ME AS

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SOMEBODY TRYING TO HELP HIM I

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KNEW HOW TO THINK ABOUT COLLEGE

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AND JOBS.

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I DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO

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THINK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS

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THAT PEOPLE FORM IN PRISON.

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AND HOW THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH

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THEM RESOLVE THEM, THINK THEIR

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WAY THROUGH THEM AFTER THEY GET

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OUT OF PRISON.

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>> ONE ELEMENT THAT JUMPED OUT

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AT ME.

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BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK AT

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EVERYTHING HE WAS DEALING WITH,

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AND THE CHOICES HE WAS MAKING,

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CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYED A ROLE IN

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HIS LIFE WHAT WAS THAT ROLE?

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>> WELL, MY DAD LOVED CLASSICAL

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MUSIC AND MICHAEL SPENT A LOT OF

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TIME IN OUR HOUSE WHEN WE WERE

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KIDS AND MY DAD IS A PROFESSOR

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AND WORKED IN THE STUDY AND

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THERE WAS MUSIC OUT OF HIS STUDY

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ALL THE TIME.

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TO BE IN OUR HOUSE WAS TO BE IN

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THE MIDST OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND

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ONE VISIT I HAD WITH MICHAEL

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THAT HE REMARKED HE WAS GRATEFUL

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TO UNCLE WILLIAM FOR HAVING

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PLAYED THE MUSIC BECAUSE THAT IS

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WHAT HE WAS LISTENING TO IN

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PRISON AND A WAY HE COULD PULL

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HIMSELF AWAY AND TURN TIME IN

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PRISON TO SOMETHING OF BEAUTY

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AND IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE TO

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FIND THAT THE MUSIC WAS DOING

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THAT FOR HIM.

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BUT IT WAS AMONG THAT THINGS

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THAT LIFTED HIM UP DURING THE

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PERIOD OF TRIAL.

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>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS TAKE

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AWAY FROM THE BOOK?

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>> A LOT OF THINGS.

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ONE IT MATTERS TO ME THAT

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MICHAEL'S WRITINGS ARE IN THE

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BOOK AND HIS VOICE IS IN THE

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BOOK.

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HE WAS INCREDIBLY TALENTED

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WRITER AND WE HOPED HE WOULD

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TELL HIS OWN STORY.

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PART OF THE DEVASTATION WHEN HE

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DECIDE HE COULD NOT TELL HIS

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STORY.

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I'M GRATEFUL IF PEOPLE TAKE

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MICHAEL'S VOICE AWAY AND

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RECOGNIZE THIS TALENTED KID

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COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH MORE

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THAN HE ENDED UP BEING AND THERE

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IS A QUESTION WE ALL NEED TO

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ANSWER ABOUT WHY IT IS WE LOSE

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SO MANY TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE TO

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CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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SYSTEM.

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THAT IS THE FIRST THING.

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THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE'VE

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GOT A WORLD WHERE KIDS FACE

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REALLY DIFFERENT DEGREES OF

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DIFFICULTY ESPECIALLY IF THEY

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COME THROUGH ADOLESENCE.

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AND AS A SOCIETY WE ARE

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RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HUGE

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VARIATION AND THE DEGREE OF

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DIFFICULTY THAT KIDS FACE.

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MICHAEL MADE CHOICES BAD CHOICES

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THAT DEFINED HIS LIFE.

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BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS

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MAKING THOSE CHOICES IN THE

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CONTEXT OF DIFFICULT

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CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE STAKES

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WERE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE FOR

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OTHER KIDS.

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SO I TELL THE STORY WHEN I WAS

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15 I SNEAKED A RIDE WITH A

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FRIEND TO GET TO ONE OF MY

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COLLEGE COURSES.

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I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO RIDE IN

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THE CAR AND I GOT GROUNDED FOR

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THAT.

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I HAD A DESIRE FOR BOUNDARY

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BREAKING.

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BUT THE CONSEQUENCES WERE LOW IN

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THE CONTEXT IN WHICH I GREW UP

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SUBURBAN, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA,

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A COLLEGE TOWN.

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MICHAEL HAD A SIMILAR DESIRE AND

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IN HIS CASE IN SOUTH CENTRAL

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CONNECTED TO A WORLD OF GANGS IT

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LED TO AN ATTEMPTED CARJACKING

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AND A SENTENCE THAT DESTROYED

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HIS LIFE.

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AND IN THAT WE WERE KIDS WHO

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CAME UP TOGETHER AND SHARED A

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LOT OF BASIC INTERESTS

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RESOURCES, ABILITIES LOVE FROM

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OUR FAMILY BUT FACED DIFFERENT

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DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY THAT

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AFFECTED THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR

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DECISIONS.

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>> DANIELLE ALLEN THANK YOU FOR

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JOINING US WE APPRECIATE IT.

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>> THANK YOU.