Article 65C8Q Sentenced to life for stealing $14: ‘I needed help, but was given jail’

Sentenced to life for stealing $14: ‘I needed help, but was given jail’

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Sam Levin in Los Angeles with photographs by Alex
from US news | The Guardian on (#65C8Q)

David Coulson, imprisoned in California under tough on crime' laws from the 90s, was released after decades: Finally someone has heard me'

David Coulson, 55, did not see his family for the two decades he spent behind bars. But they were ready to welcome him home last month, starting with a surprise reunion.

On his fourth day of freedom, his adult son invited him to his grandson's football game in Norwalk, California. He thought it would just be the two of them, but halfway through the game, Coulson turned around and saw his daughter, three grandkids he'd never met and several other relatives.

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