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A Sentence of Their Own

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2002 by Hans Sherrer published in Prison Legal News November, 2002, page 11
Filed under: Reviews, Family, Fathers in Prison. Location: United States of America.
Directed and Produced by Edgar A. Barens (2001), 64 minutes, VHS video, $125

Review by Hans Sherrer

Produced in the form of a home video, A Sentence of Their Own documents the negative impact of a man's 1996 seven-year prison sentence on his wife and son. The most obvious effect ...

 

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