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The pattern hit Prince George's County prosecutor C.T. Wilson with the subtlety of a blast from a 12-gauge shotgun: The young men he was sending to prison were victims before they were criminals.
Sitting in his office in Upper Marlboro, Wilson read five pre-sentencing reports in about a month, and all said the defendants had been abandoned or neglected by their parents and tossed into the foster care system or group homes.
Prosecutor tries to reach kids before their cases get to him - washingtonpost.com
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