Who is John J Lennon?
Lennon while being the namesake of The Beatles frontman has led a thoroughly different life. Growing up in Hellâs Kitchen, on the west side of midtown Manhattan, Lennon had a rough childhood and gravitated toward violence. Moving in and out of juvie homes, Lennonâs early life was full of crime. And drugs. âI had plenty of opportunities and I squandered them all,â Lennon said once. âI went looking for this lifestyle and unfortunately I got everything it had to offer.â
In 2001, when Lennon was 24, he heard about a man who had been shaking down one of his dealers. What he did next changed his life forever. He lured the man into a rental car and shot him several times with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. He then drove down to a pier and dumped the manâs body and a couple of cinderblocks, into the bay.
Ashley Southall, Michael Gold and Matthew Sedacca, The New York Times
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In the days before Christmas, 44-year-old April Harris sat in her prison cell at the California Institution for Women for more than 23 hours a day. In the 20 minutes she was allowed to leave it, she and the other prisoners would flood into the common areas – choosing either to take a shower or to make a short phone call.
Restrictions have fluctuated during the various lockdowns implemented throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but in the 11 months since the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) first banned visitations across state prisons, Harris says she has seen the mental health of those around her steadily deteriorate.