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ndisputed time to think,” says Donte Kearney. “That’s what jail definitely gives you. I mean, there’s nothing like it.” Kearney salts his revelation with an all-knowing laugh – the kind of laugh that says you’ve learned more than you intended to learn in a lifetime. Kearney, 21, stands before a milestone – not his age because the State of Maryland considered him a man, accruing man-like criminal charges since he was 18. It’s because he says he’s decided “to man-up” and make a difference.

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