My heart is bursting. On the eve of my first child's birth, my dad - who's been in prison nearly my entire life - was granted clemency. He never intended harm, yet his crime devastated many families. My heart breaks for the families that can never get their loved ones back.
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'The defendants seemed in jovial moods as they were brought into court before the sentencing. They laughed and chatted casually with three legal aides seated with them at the defense table. They exchanged smiles, clenched-fist salutes....
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....and calls of ''Free the Land'' - their revolutionary slogan - with followers in the spectators' gallery. The three were facing their supporters as they spent about 45 minutes reading their statements.
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Mr. Gilbert said: ''The rulers, the rich and their armed mercenaries are the only lives valued by this court. We say that if they sentence us to 1,000 years or shoot us at dawn tomorrow, it will not save this social system.''
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