Larry D. Evans Incarceration Case Study

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I am Larry D. Evans, a 66-year-old man who is a cook at the Little City Hotel for last 25 years. I am the brother of Michael A. Evans. I am the fourth brother of eight boys and one sister who is older. We were raised up in St. John Baptist Church in Vossburg, MS by both parents. Michael went to school and graduated from Quitman High School in Quitman, MS and was a very good athlete. I have never seen him without a smile.

When this incident involving his incarceration occur, my whole family and I were shocked by it. Michael has been away from his family for 30 years and it is time to release him. He has lost both parents and three brothers since his imprisonment. He has a daughter, who was eight at the time of his arrest, and now she has three

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