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Howard Zehr<\/div>\n

I am with a group of men in prison. We are in a seminar I have been leading for some weeks. Most are many years into serving life sentences. <\/p>\n

One young man, however, expects to be released soon.<\/p>\n

We get to talking about justice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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