Since I Been Down

Since I Been Down 2020 Released

Directed by Gilda Sheppard

Documentary · 105 min

 

Since I Been Down 2020 Released

Directed by Gilda Sheppard

Documentary · 105 min

 

We sent children we feared to prison for life without parole. Our fear was wrong.

In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children to prison for life without parole. We feared these children as irredeemable superpredators. Our fear was wrong, but in 2020, sixteen states continue to keep children in prison for life. "Since I Been Down" shows the power of these children, now adults nearly forty years later, creating a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison... see more

We sent children we feared to prison for life without parole. Our fear was wrong.

In 1993, Washington State voters passed the three-strikes law and sent children to prison for life without parole. We feared these children as irredeemable superpredators. Our fear was wrong, but in 2020, sixteen states continue to keep children in prison for life. "Since I Been Down" shows the power of these children, now adults nearly forty years later, creating a true path to justice and healing from inside their prison... see more

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Apr 15, 2020
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
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English
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