While most states allow those serving a life sentence access to parole, that’s not the case in Pennsylvania where Dennis and Lee Horton, two brothers, spent nearly 30 years in prison for a crime they did not commit. Despite their innocence and determination to better the prison institution from within, the Horton brothers know that their freedom can only be determined by the power of a pardon.
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