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Bob Herbert: For Two Sisters, the End of an Ordeal

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

For Two Sisters, the End of an Ordeal By BOB HERBERT Published: December 31, 2010 I got a call on New Year?s Eve from Gladys Scott, which was a terrific way for 2010 to end. As insane as it may seem, Gladys and her sister, Jamie, are each serving consecutive life sentences in a state prison in Mississippi for their alleged role in a robbery in 1993 in which no one was hurt and $11 supposedly was taken. Gladys was on the phone, excited and relieved, because Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi had agreed to suspend the prison terms. ?I?ve waited so long for this day to come,? she said. I was happy for the Scott sisters and deeply moved as Gladys spoke of how desperately she wanted to ?just hold? her two children and her mother, who live in Florida...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 01, 2011 (boomark / email).