LinkLinksOpinion Robert Barton in The Post: I was sentenced to 30 years to life at 16. I shouldn’t have been sent into the adult system. By Editor On Apr 25, 2021 Last updated Apr 25, 2021 73 Share I grew up on some of the meanest streets of D.C., the child of a man who rotated through prison and abandoned me and my mother. The few visits I had with him taught me the wrong kind of lessons. When my mother sent me to him for a “man-to-man talk” after a shoplifting incident at age 10, he drove me to the strip where he hustled drugs, parading me around like his mascot. For the rest of that day, he sold crack out of his car while I watched. 73 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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