Reentry, Racial Justice, Youth Justice, Second Look Sentencing, Access to Education, Mental Health Gordon Rosenberg Reentry, Racial Justice, Youth Justice, Second Look Sentencing, Access to Education, Mental Health Gordon Rosenberg

Xavier McElrath-Bey

Illinois
Xavier McElrath-Bey, Executive Director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth and Co-Founder of the Incarcerated Children's Advocacy Network, champions the human rights of incarcerated children by advocating for the abolition of life without parole and other extreme sentences for youth. Drawing from his own experience of being charged as an adult for murder at 13 and serving 13 years in prison before becoming a dedicated advocate for at-risk youth, Xavier boldly professes to the world that "no child is born bad."

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Youth Justice, Long Sentencing, Second Look Sentencing, Violence Interruption Gordon Rosenberg Youth Justice, Long Sentencing, Second Look Sentencing, Violence Interruption Gordon Rosenberg

Nelson Morris

Illinois
Nelson Morris, a Project Associate at Restore Justice, dedicates his efforts to community outreach and fundraising while mentoring youth and teaching advocacy courses, all after spending 29 years in prison for a crime committed at 17, from which he was granted a new sentence following the Supreme Court’s Miller decision.

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