‘Those guys are human beings:’ Ex-prisoner with commuted sentence urges reform as he walks free

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JACKSON, MI — Michael Thompson walked out of the Charles Egeler Reception And Guidance Center at 4 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28 a free man.

After serving 25 years behind bars, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer granted Thompson’s request for clemency in December.

Two daughters and a granddaughter were there to greet him as he left the prison.

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