‘I was wrong’: A governor’s choice cost hundreds a chance at freedom

Parris Glendening (D), a former Maryland governor, declared in 1995 that inmates serving a life sentence would be denied any chance of parole. For decades, after Glendening’s statement, no one serving a life sentence was granted parole.

The policy, maintained by governors from both parties, left hundreds of prisoners with parole-eligible sentences — the vast majority of them Black men — to grow old and die in prison. Today, Glendening talks about his regrets and we hear from exoneree Walter Lomax, a man who was denied parole. Read more: https://wapo.st/3KSTyGU. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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