The First Person To Receive Clemency & A Pardon In NYS

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 22, 2017

Anthony Papa joins us to discuss his books This Side of Freedom: Life After Clemency and 15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom. He'll share his experiences returning home after serving 12 years of a 15-to-life sentence for a non-violent drug crime sentenced under the mandatory provisions of the Rockefeller Drug Laws of New York State. Last year, he received a pardon from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and became the first person in the state’s history to receive both clemency and a pardon. 

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