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Exonerated man faces difficulties adjusting to free world life

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Charles Chatman was released last month from a Texas prison after doing 27 years for a crime he did not commit. But the Carrollton Leader ("Wrongfully convicted prisoner relocates to Carrollton," Feb. 26) reports that things haven't been so easy once he got out, or as he put it, since he was "dumped back into society":After Chatman was free, he felt lost, Chatman said. He?d spent more than half his life in prison. He grew accustomed to the hostile guards and didn?t know life outside the cell, he said.Chatman?s family carried him through most of the tough times, he said. After his release, Chatman stayed with his 43-year-old nephew Larry ? the relative who came to see him once a month throughout most of his time in prison. On Jan. 18, Chatman moved into his Carrollton apartment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 27, 2008 (boomark / email).