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In the article "A Jail Sentence Ends. But the Stigma Doesn't.", James Forman argues that in the US there is not enough forgiveness to those who have been incarcerated. Forman brings the debate on the life of an inmate who is released and then trying to get back into the sway of life. His first example is Michelle Jones, who went to jail for the murder of her 4-year-old son. While she served her time, Ms. Jones decided to turn her life around and to make something good out of her life. She became very accomplished, but there were a few things that stood out to the public, like getting rejected from Harvard University. Even though she did, in fact, decide to change her life around in prison, the crime was still made. I believe that there are
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