Between 2000 and 2009, 57,000 men and women convicted of murder were released from state and federal prison.
By the time convicted murderers are released, they’ve usually served decades behind bars; they’re a generation older than when they went to prison. When they come out, they often fade from view – no sensational headlines, no fanfare. They make their way on the outside in a world that’s can be very different from the one they left.
