The Chronicles of Melanie
Marvin Mutch, imprisoned at 18 for a murder he denies, spent 41 years in California prisons. His case, based on circumstantial evidence, reflects changing parole policies. At 60, he's finally free ami…
The Chronicles of Melanie
Marvin Mutch, imprisoned at 18 for a murder he denies, spent 41 years in California prisons. His case, based on circumstantial evidence, reflects changing parole policies. At 60, he's finally free amid efforts to reduce prison populations. Marvin Mutch is a former California lifer inmate, one of thousands of men recently paroled as the state strains to reduce its prison population. Incarcerated when he was 18 years old, Mutch spent 41 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. Convicted in 1975 solely on circumstantial evidence and questionable tactics by the prosecution, Mutch was never able to prove his innocence. Instead, his only hope for release became parole. By the time he was eligible in the early 1980s, California was embarking on a massive tough-on-crime prison expansion, and lifers effectively lost any hope for release. "The Trials of Marvin Mutch" re-investigates Mutch's murder conviction and tracks four decades of prison policy through the story of one man. Now, 60 years old, he's suddenly faced with freedom.
The Chronicles of Melanie
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Marvin Mutch, imprisoned at 18 for a murder he denies, spent 41 years in California prisons. His case, based on circumstantial evidence, reflects changing parole policies. At 60, he's finally free amid efforts to reduce prison populations.
Marvin Mutch is a former California lifer inmate, one of thousands of men recently paroled as the state strains to reduce its prison population. Incarcerated when he was 18 years old, Mutch spent 41 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit. Convicted in 1975 solely on circumstantial evidence and questionable tactics by the prosecution, Mutch was never able to prove his innocence.
Instead, his only hope for release became parole. By the time he was eligible in the early 1980s, California was embarking on a massive tough-on-crime prison expansion, and lifers effectively lost any hope for release. "The Trials of Marvin Mutch" re-investigates Mutch's murder conviction and tracks four decades of prison policy through the story of one man.
Now, 60 years old, he's suddenly faced with freedom..