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Jailed at 15 for a murder he knows he didn’t commit. Serving a life sentence now for over 30 years. Many ask: Isn’t it time Efrén Paredes was released from jail?

Sep 30, 2019, 1:00 PM 0

Marisa Treviño LatinaLista Editor’s note: It wasn’t long after I created Latina Lista in 2004 that I was contacted by Efrén Paredes. Efrén had been tried and jailed at the age of 15 for a murder he claims he…

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Guest Voz: Latino inmate sentenced as juvenile speaks out on Supreme Court’s life without parole for youth

Jun 25, 2012, 3:52 PM 1

By Efren Paredes, Jr. LatinaLista (Editor’s note: Efren Paredes, Jr. is a Michigan prisoner sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile in 1989. Learn more about Efren) Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion abolishing life without…

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Guest Voz: Wrongfully convicted juvenile offender still waits, after 19 years, to be pardoned by Michigan Governor

Dec 4, 2009, 12:08 PM 1

LatinaLista — Nationwide, there are more than 2,200 juveniles serving sentences of life without parole. That figure includes dozens of children as young as 13 years old. Four years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that executing…

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Son’s 20 years of wrongful imprisonment hasn’t dimmed the hopes of one mother’s wish for justice

Nov 4, 2009, 12:21 PM 0

Since first learning a couple of years ago about Efren Paredes and the sad way the justice system of 20 years ago failed a young Latino Honors student, and how the current system is only perpetuating the wrongs committed…

Social Justice, zNew Headline

Jailed at 15 for a murder he knows he didn’t commit. Serving a life sentence now for over 30 years. Many ask: Isn’t it time Efrén Paredes was released from jail?

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Guest Voz: Latino inmate sentenced as juvenile speaks out on Supreme Court’s life without parole for youth

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Guest Voz: Wrongfully convicted juvenile offender still waits, after 19 years, to be pardoned by Michigan Governor

Causes, General, Human Rights, Palabra Final

Son’s 20 years of wrongful imprisonment hasn’t dimmed the hopes of one mother’s wish for justice

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One Latino Michigan inmate shares his perspective on prison life as he waits for Gov. Granholm to decide his fate