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Some Older Prisoners Aren't Eligible For Compassionate Release. Lawmakers Want Change

There is a group of about 150 people in federal prison known as "old law" prisoners who committed crimes before November 1987 and still have little hope of release. (Cornelia Li for NPR)
There is a group of about 150 people in federal prison known as "old law" prisoners who committed crimes before November 1987 and still have little hope of release. (Cornelia Li for NPR)

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