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    Issue no. 114: Sentenced to life in prison at 16, Adolfo Davis hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning. But nothing about freedom turned out as he expected.

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    We've got a new issue launching soon, but this month's story, about a man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager, with thoughtful portraiture by , is very worth catching up on.

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    Another that hits.

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    For , alum Maddy Crowell (MA Politics '17) wrote about Adolfo Davis, who, sentenced to life in prison at 16, hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning-but nothing about freedom turned out as expected.

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    Check out an excerpt of our latest story, "Invisible Kid," published today at . "Sometimes Adolfo felt like he was trapped at the bottom of an hourglass, the sand piling up around him: Every falling grain meant another day of his life lost."

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    “'Time felt slow, slow, slow,' Adolfo said. 'It wasn’t getting no better. When you’re in prison, you’re stuck there all day. Nothing to do but stare at the walls. You try to sleep all day, but you wake up and it’s the same day.'”

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    "'My name is Adolfo Davis, and I’m trying to get home and regain my freedom,” he would write. “I didn’t shoot nobody. Please, help me get a second chance at life.'” via

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    "Prisons in Illinois were teeming with cases like his—Black men who’d been locked up as teenagers. Few would ever be freed." An extraordinary story in about one man's tragic early life, and the hope he's held onto while incarcerated.

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    An incredible read. Invisible Kid - The Atavist Magazine

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    Looking for a ? Here's the story of Adolfo Davis, sentenced to life without parole at 16, who fought for his freedom for 30 years—only to get it in the early days of the pandemic. As he left prison, a guard gave him a mask and wished him luck.

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    Hello writers. If you've pitched the Atavist in the last 3-4 weeks, thank you for your patience. We're behind on reviewing ideas because of our CMS migration and redesign. But we will get to them, ASAP—promise!!
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    It's a real honor to be named a finalist. "Revive" wouldn't exist without and making this story the best version of itself, as well as and for their encouragement when it was a kernel of an idea.

    “This year’s Dart Award honorees set a new standard for compassion, insight and rich, innovative storytelling that puts the voices of victims and survivors front and center.” Check out the 9 finalist projects here:
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    You can read "Revive" here!

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    Congrats to for being named a Award finalist for his piece "Revive" (March 2020).

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    So thrilled is a award finalist, for his profile of a mother who lost her son to an overdose and later learned that her husband had invented a substance (naloxone) that could have saved him. CONGRATS to all the honorees!

    “This year’s Dart Award honorees set a new standard for compassion, insight and rich, innovative storytelling that puts the voices of victims and survivors front and center.” Check out the 9 finalist projects here:
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    When Adolfo Davis was sentenced to life without parole at 16, he couldn't read or write. Once he learned, he bought pen and paper at the commissary and wrote to every law firm he could find, hoping someone would take his case. This is his story.

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    Adolfo Davis received a life without the possibility of parole sentence for a crime that happened when he was just 14 years old. Adolfo finally came home last year and mentors teenagers at . Read this story:

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    “On March 21, 2020, Adolfo put on a black Nike track suit and a pair of Air Max sneakers.…Then he walked through the metal door leading out of Jacksonville Correctional Center. A lieutenant told him good luck after handing him a disposable face mask.”

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    In Come by Chance, Newfoundland, two babies were switched at birth. They discovered the mistake 52 years later, and it turns out they weren't alone. "What was going on at that hospital?" one asked. "Was it done on purpose?” :

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    "The police offered him a statement they’d drafted and told him that if he signed it, he could leave. Adolfo’s mother urged him to sign so they could go home. He did. 'I never thought that signing that paper meant I wouldn’t be back home for 30 years.'"

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    Here's Crowell's piece for us, a deep dive into the life of Adolfo Davis, a man sentenced at 16 to life in prison without parole.

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