Johnny Le’Dell Pippins spent 26 years in prison. After Gov. J.B. Pritzker commuted his sentence last spring, he decided to go to school. Now working on his PhD in Criminology at the University of Iowa, Pippins uses his experience to educate his fellow classmates. We'll hear from himon this episode.
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![Howard Hughes flew an early Constellation to Washington, D.C., in 1944 and took senators on local flights. He is standing next to Missouri Sen. Harry Truman, and they are standing behind Owen Brewster, later Hughes’ nemesis.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/51b45e4/2147483647/strip/true/resize/880x^/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2f%2Ff9%2Fa6f36fae4d0083b6ee236f759e8f%2Ftwa.jpg)
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