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This Louisiana prisoner thought he'd only have to serve a decade. 57 years later, he's free

Lester Pearson, 84, is a "10-6 lifer," one of roughly 60 men who took plea deals for life sentences with the chance of parole after 10 years and six months. During the first decade of their incarceration, laws changed and they were left to serve much lengthier prison sentences than they bargained for. After 57 years, Pearson was finally released on Tuesday, Oct. 19. ....

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This Louisiana prisoner thought he'd only have to serve a decade. 57 years later, he's free

Lester Pearson, 84, is a "10-6 lifer," one of roughly 60 men who took plea deals for life sentences with the chance of parole after 10 years and six months. During the first decade of their incarceration, laws changed and they were left to serve much lengthier prison sentences than they bargained for. After 57 years, Pearson was finally released on Tuesday, Oct. 19. ....

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What a 60-year-old excommunication controversy tells us about calls to deny Biden Communion

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Seated together: new Louisiana Civil Rights Trail honors Dooky Chase's for defying segregation


Louisiana Illuminator
‘This is hallowed ground’ 
Sybil Morial admires the first marker for the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail unveiled May 3 at Dooky Chase s Restaurant in New Orleans. The trail is a project of the Louisiana Office of Tourism led by Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser (pink tie). The markers, shaped like a person carrying a protest sign, were designed by artist Ernest M. English (white jacket). (Screenshot of video from Louisiana Office of Tourism)
NEW ORLEANS — Last month, as her audience lunched on fried chicken and mustard greens, Sybil Morial summarized why the first marker for the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail was installed outside the dining room’s door, in front of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. ....

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