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Mac Phipps
Dale Edwin Murray for NPR
The vote was unanimous. In a remote hearing held late in February, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole recommended clemency for New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps.
In our first season,
Louder Than A Riot reported on Mac's rise and fall, from breakout star on Master P's No Limit Records to convicted felon for a crime he says he didn't commit. Now, after 21 years in prison and one denied appeal after another, Mac has been granted a new hearing that could mean early — almost immediate — release. But what does justice look like when you've already spent half your life incarcerated?