Former felon earns prestigious judicial clerkship

Interesting story here - I wish the judge and subject would have talked about it to the reporter. Basically, this guy spent 10 years in prison for bank robbery, taught himself the law there and even won a Supreme Court case 9-0, then got out and went to law school. And now he's got one of the most prestigious judicial internships in America:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/us/taking-a-second-chance-and-running-with-it.html

I frequently work with prisoners on their appeals. They definitely do some remarkable work, legally, on their own cases. And I largely agree with the piece that most prison sentences should be five years, max.