Stanford law

The path to freedom is narrow for the men and women incarcerated in California’s prisons, Stanford law professor Mike Romano told an audience of about 150 inmates, on Jan. 19, in San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel. “I know it’s very difficult for Mike to come here and tell you these things,” said Kevin “Bilal” Chatman, who accompanied Romano with two of his staffers. “I had six life sentences and 150 years. I thought I’d never get out. I stayed in trouble. But then Prop. 36 passed in 2012, and I wanted to go home bad, so I changed my behavior to … [Read more...] about Lawyer says: ‘Get prepared for freedom’