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The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Joe Ligon entered prison when Dwight Eisenhower was president. During the 68 years that he spent incarcerated in a half-dozen penal institutions, the world outside moved on.
These days, there are more golf-course cocktail send-offs and backyard potluck memorials, more Clapton and less “Ave Maria,” more Hawaiian shirts and fewer dark suits.