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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, OCT. 30, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Bobby Hines poses for a portrait at his sister's home in Detroit, Sept. 12, 2017 after being released from prison. Getting out, he said, is like being born again. “If you were to die and you were to go to hell and see all of the destruction and fighting and killing down there and God were to breathe life back into you and you were given a second chance _ that’s what this is.” (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

A tragic bond: Murder victim’s sister welcomes ex-lifer home

By SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-This combination of photos shows shows younger and older photos of &quot;juvenile lifers,&quot; top row from left, William Washington, Jennifer M. Pruitt and John Sam Hall; middle row from left, Damion Lavoial Todd, Ahmad Rashad Williams and Evan Miller; bottom row from left, Giovanni Reid, Johnny Antoine Beck, and Bobby Hines. During the late 1980 and into the 1990s, many states enacted laws to punish juvenile criminals like adults and the U.S. became an international outlier, sentencing offenders under 18 to live out their lives in prison for homicide and, sometimes, rape, kidnapping, armed robbery. (Michigan Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Lawrence County Alabama Sheriff's Office, Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)

AP Exclusive: Parole for young lifers inconsistent across US

By SHARON COHEN and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press