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How a family man, railroaded by the subterfuge surrounding the War on Drugs, was able to get an early release from prison through his art and become a major activist against draconian drug laws. Offered a chance to make a quick $500, Anthony Papa agreed to deliver an envelope in a fated police sting operation. His first and only criminal offense cost Papa a 15year sentence to SingSing, New York State’s maximumsecurity prison. Suicide was contemplated when Tony Papa realized that the best years of his life would be spent in a sixfoot cell. One day he discovered painting. It gave him hope, and he discovered a talent. When the Whitney Museum chose his painting to exhibit, he suddenly received intense media attention. Governor Pataki got wind of his case, and after 12 hard years of time, Anthony Papa was granted clemency. 15 to Life is more than a dramatic story more than an inside look at the most dangerous prison in America today it is also an important sociological work and a call for reform of the destructive laws of the War on Drugs.

 

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