When criminal defense attorney James Felman calls down to the Coleman Penitentiary in Florida to inform his clients that their clemency petitions have been granted, he said the experience is sometimes a little awkward.
Surrounded by guards in the warden’s office —where prisoners are typically brought if they are in trouble or a loved one has died—the inmate may not exactly feel free to celebrate, Felman said.
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