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Leo Cardez

I wish the world could read this letter so that they could know this:
People are trying to figure out how to make amends but are not sure how to go about it. Lack of information and guidance people are not recieving.
People might not be evil, society its self could of created the ‘monsters’ we see.
GENDER--
which state do they live in?Illinois
length of incarceration--
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