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Submitted to Contest #230
This story contains references to gun violence and child molestation. The Hero of This Story By Diane Bogdan Part 1 Paul Most people think that after a person is pronounced guilty in a court of law, that they are immediately put on a bus, usually white, with other convicts and driven to a prison to start their sentence. The prison is at the end of a road with vast fields on either side and tended to by men in orange jumpsuits. Actually, after you are declared guilty you are led to a holding cell to await transport back to the jail you ...
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