In January 1990, Ira Johnson stood in a federal courtroom and pleaded with the judge to show her son mercy. Darrell Frazier, 29, had just been sentenced to life in prison without parole. He wouldn't have the right to appear before a parole board – not at age 60, 70 or 80 – no matter what he did to make up for his crimes.
Frazier had not been charged with murder or another violent crime –
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