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I just hugged the man who murdered my son

May 23, 2011

At StoryCorps he spoke with Mary Johnson, the mother of the boy he killed.

Mary Johnson founded From Death to Life, an organization that supports mothers who have lost children to homicide, and encourages forgiveness between families of murderers and victims.

Listen to the three-minute podcast.

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