Jesse Crosson on Prison Reform

Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff

Bob Ruff

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Bob interviews Jesse Crosson. At 18 years old Jesse pled guilty to robbery and unlawful wounding, which carried a max sentence of 16 years in prison. The Judge however decided to make an example of Jesse, and sentenced him to twice the max penalty, 32 years. Jesse turned his life around in prison. He worked hard to earn a Bachelors degree, and committed his time to helping educate other prisoners. He even started a podcast called "Pre-Zen: Lessons from Lockup" while incarcerated. This past August, he was granted clemency from Governor Ralph Northam. He's now dedicated his life to prison reform, using his experiences from the inside to guide his quest.

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0:00.0	From NBI Studios, this is Truth Injustice, a crowdsourced investigation in real time.
0:15.9	I'm Bob Rock.
0:34.1	Hello everybody and welcome back to Truth Injustice.
0:37.2	For this week's bonus episode, I'm joined with a man who was sentenced to 32 years in prison
0:42.9	at the age of 18, which at that time was twice the maximum sentence in guidelines.
0:49.7	After serving 19 years he was finally granted clemency by the governor, in nowadays out
0:54.7	he is taking full advantage of his second chance by taking his story to the masses.
0:59.7	You can find him on TikTok at Second underscore Chancere.
1:03.7	His name is Jesse Croson and he's trying to make some big waves now that he's out in
1:09.2	the free world for prison reform.
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1:47.8	Hey Jesse, thanks so much for joining me today.
1:55.8	I appreciate you taking the time.
1:57.5	Thank you for having me.
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