Pros And Cons Of Inmate Moore

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“The choices we make about the lives we live determines the kinds of legacies we leave.” ― Tavis Smiley. People make choices everyday some are acceptable and some are unacceptable. But inmate Wes made a great deal of poor choices. Inmate Wes Moore had complete control over his own fate because his of family, greed and victims.
Inmate Wes’s family tried to do everything to make sure he did not get into the drug game. Wes’s older brother Tony was in the drug game and he did not want that to happen to his little brother Tony wanted Wes to do something better in life.

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