In 1999, a 19-year-old Marlon Peterson was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, attempted robbery, and criminal use of a weapon. He was convicted of first-degree assault and third-degree weapons possession, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Fourteen years later, after his early release in 2010, Peterson tours the country, encouraging high school students and at-risk youth to look beyond hardship in order to overcome the challenges and strugg

My day usually begins with me checking my phone for the latest overnight news...on instagram. Label me shallow or lame, but it's my social media and I will look at it if I want to. After about six or seven swipes down my instagram feed I see the following meme: How reasonable is the comment that "If you don't vote. You can't complain," particularly, to the 5.85 million Americans who were unable to exercise their voting rights due to a current or previous felony conviction? Ac