From The Sun Journal:
In 2010, Brandon Brown was sentenced to 27 years in prison — with all but 17 suspended — for attempted murder after shooting James Sanders, a former Marine, in the chest at point-blank range outside an Old Port bar two years prior.
Brown was 21 years old.
While incarcerated, Brown became the first inmate in state history to receive a higher education degree, first earning an associate degree, then a bachelor’s degree and, most recently, his master’s in restorative justice from George Mason University. Released on probation in October 2021, he now lives in a secluded house in Gilead on a plot his father owns, and volunteers at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland speaking to at-risk youth.
He has embraced what he sees as a second chance by focusing on helping others through restorative justice. Continue reading >>>
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