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Preview: Season 24 Episode 12 | 1m | Video has closed captioning.
Through his journey from an inspiring icon to a swing-shift janitor, Chol Soo Lee personifies the ravages of America’s prison industrial complex.
Aired: 04/24/23
♪ Here we are ♪ The struggle for Chol Soo's freedom is also a struggle of an entire people.
♪ Runnin' and runnin' ♪ - The Chol Soo Lee movement had a life of its own.
- I believed in him as a person.
I believed in him as a leader.
- He also had all these demons.
- I had been sentenced to life in prison for a crime I did not commit.
I finally had the chance to say I'm innocent.
I was not an angel on the outside.
At the same time I was not the devil.
♪ light music ♪
