Transformation is always possible! Check out my latest podcast with Jarad Nava, Sentenced to 162 Years to Life at 17 Yrs old and 10 years later now the Committee Assistant for CA. Senator Steven Bradford, Chair of The Public Safety Committee. via @YouTube
Jarod was facing 204 years to Life in the California Prison System. He was in the High Security Compound in Sylmar Juvenile Hall facing this amount of time as a 17 year old. He was a part of a "They Call Us Monsters" documentary. Watch that and then hear him on The Prison Post. 
CA Juveniles who commit violent crimes can be tried as adults, while awaiting trial they are kept apart from other minors. Many of them won't come home, but Jarod did. He lived free on the inside for a future worth having and applied for a commutation in hopes of a second chance.
People love to label minors who commit violent crimes as "monsters" but they don't know their whole story. Jarod would be the first to take responsibility for what he did and the harm he caused. He didn't make excuses for his behavior. He expressed his remorse on our show.
Jarad went to prison and committed his life to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ & immersed himself in his faith & his education. Nearly 8 1/2 years later his sentence was commuted by Gov. Brown. Super proud of Jarad for believing in a future worth having. unroll
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