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Sentenced to 100 years, he got college degree while in prison and now going to a prestigious law school

Sentenced to 100 years, he got college degree while in prison and now going to a prestigious law school

At the age of 19, Benard McKinley was sentenced to 100 years in prison at the Stateville Correctional Center in northern Illinois after being apprehended for a gang-related murder at the age of 16. Now, only about four months after he was released, he will be admitted to one of the most prominent law schools…

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