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A Mother’s Forgiveness

In 1993, a teenager named Oshea Israel shot and killed 20-year-old Laramiun Byrd at a party both were attending in Minneapolis.  Israel was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for second-degree murder, while the mother of the victim was sentenced to life without her only child.

By Steve Rempe
July 22, 2015
forgiveness | Laramiun Byrd | Mary Johnson-Roy | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Oshea Israel

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