The prospect of facing incarceration for the rest of one's natural life forces an individual to find hope, one researcher ...

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Reduced prison sentence for the NorCal rapist due to new state laws, raising concerns among his victims about his potential release under elder parole.

Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they ...