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Wrongful Convictions: Like Father, Like Son?
Clifford Williams Jr. and his nephew, Nathan Myers, were released from prison in 2019 after 43 years of being wrongfully convicted of murder. Already...
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One Ounce of Pot, 16 Years in Prison: The Harrowing Real-Life Story of Trent Bouhdida
Over the course of three months in 2015, PenPals.Buzz member Trent Bouhdida sold undercover officer Ronald Elcock (call me Kev) a total of one...
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Thinking About Visiting Your Pen Pal?
Here's a fairly common scenario: you meet an amazing pen pal, you exchange letters and emails, talk on the phone, and make a genuine...
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Civil Commitment: Terrifying Policy that Pretends Prisoners are Patients
In 1998, Benjamin Alverson was sentenced to 22 months in prison. He completed his sentence, paid his debt to society, and at the turn...
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The Origin of Pen Pals: Learn How it All Started
In this week's episode, Big Steve explores the complete history of pen palling. You'll learn when the phrase "pen pal" was added to the...
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High-Profile Prison Inmates: Do They Deserve to be Treated like Human Beings?
In this episode, Big Steve discusses the differing views in society regarding high-profile inmates and their humanity (or lack thereof). If someone committed a...