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Law
6:59 am
Thu November 29, 2012

Washington Leads Nation As Net Importer Of Out-Of-State Parolees

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Originally published on Thu November 29, 2012 7:51 am

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend 2009. Maurice Clemmons, an Arkansas felon living in Washington, walks into a coffee shop and guns down four Lakewood police officers. Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer described the scene as "more of an execution.”

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Music
12:37 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

MC5 Guitarist Wants Music Behind Bars

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Guitarist Wayne Kramer, founder of the band the MC5, plays one of the instruments that will be provided to jail inmates as part of the Jail Guitar Doors USA initiative, Jan. 2012.
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Wayne Kramer was the guitarist of the protopunk 60s band, the MC5. When the band broke up, Kramer drifted into addiction and drug dealing which landed him in a federal prison with a four-year term. Today he works on a program called Jail Guitar Doors, working to get music into prisons.  Ross Reynolds talks with Wayne Kramer about music programs in prison.