Wrongfully convicted man still fighting to save his name after prison

Julia Lundberg — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:00:00 +0000

It's the early 90s. Young people are watching MTV, their parents Twin Peaks. Maurice Caldwell is 22 years old and lives in the Alemany projects in Bernal Heights, on the same streets where he grew up. He works in an industrial warehouse in Hayward and likes to hang out with his friends.

But, he admits today, he was also a troublemaker. “I wasn't a choir boy,” says Caldwell. “I sold drugs, from time to time.” And, from time to time, he’d come in contact with police.

A look inside California’s toughest prison

Rina Palta — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:30:13 +0000

If you’re convicted of committing a felony in California, you can end up in many kinds of prisons. Steal a lot of money in a Ponzi scheme – you might end up in minimum security. Locked up, but with little supervision. Commit a violent crime, and you could be sent to a medium-security prison, like Folsom. Kill someone, and you could be headed for supermax.

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Wrongfully convicted man still fighting to save his name after prison

A look inside California’s toughest prison