A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother
The story of a terrible crime and everything that followed.
Best Documentary: Silver2016 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition2016 / Samantha Broun / Jay Allison / Transom.org, USA
The story of a terrible crime and everything that followed.
An intensely personal documentary, A Life Sentence extends into public life and into the heart of our political and correctional systems.
A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother won the Best Documentary: Silver award in the 2016 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
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Samantha Broun is a radio and multimedia producer and the Managing Editor for Transom.org.
Jay Allison (@jay_allison) has been an independent public radio producer, journalist, and teacher since the 1970s.
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