Exonerees in Chicago Struggle to Build New Lives
Three men freed after long wrongful imprisonments in Chicago face slow, difficult reintegration. Michael Evans, Paul Terry, and Dana Holland describe lost years, family strain, and scarce social services as exonerees cope with mental health, employment, and rebuilding their identities after DNA exonerations. Holland now speaks to prop up others just released, while facing ongoing post release hurdles.
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Chicago
Michael Evans
Evans
Paul Terry
Dana Holland
Rebirth of Buzby’s General Store in Chatsworth NJ
Marilyn Schmidt rescued the 1865 Buzby’s General Store, neglect and fire damage behind, restoring it as a gift shop, book center, and Pinelands resource hub. The site joins the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and showcases Pine Barrens culture with local crafts, books, and regional foods.
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Chatsworth
N.J
Buzby’s General Store
R. Marilyn Schmidt
Ity
Buzby’s
New Jersey
Schmidt
Pinelands
Harold Boyd
Tabernacle
Pine Barrens
Barnegat Light Press
Barnegat
al Morison
State Forest
Goats Trim Key West Naval Hill at Battery Semi Nole
Bootsy the goat and two companions were deployed from a jail petting zoo to the Naval Air Station Key West to mow a steep, grassy hill near Battery Semi nole. After months of failed herbicide and labor, the goats kept the slope clear, endearing themselves to sailors and being renamed Larry, Pete and Ron.
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Key West Naval Station
Key West
Fla
Krt
Bootsy
Naval Air Station
Larry Cotton
Cotton
Luis Rioseco
Rioseco
Navy
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Monroe County
Elaine Lash
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Lash
Daisy
Bootsy, Daisy
Sugar ‘N’ Spice
Larry, Pete and
Ron
Truman Annex Naval Base
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Freeman
Holland
Cook County
Ilinois
Jeans
Sean Ragland
National Geographic Magazine
KRT Photo
Kurt Kiser
Tii
Nelse
Ken Sergen
Starkey
Ray Armenia
JBS Park
Odessa
Johnson St
Big Spring
West Texas
Permian Basin
Aring Aic Se
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