Forgiveness and Hope: Robert George’s 31-year journey to freedom

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Forgiveness and Hope: Robert George’s 31-year journey to freedom

After 31 years in prison, on Tuesday, Robert George, 85, was released to become a free man again surrounded by family and a team of individuals who helped secure his release. George said his faith in God helped him keep hope that day would come. “Hope, I can tell everybody, that man up there,” George said. “So the man above the only one, you got to depend on him.” George was convicted of manslaughter in 1993 for the fatal shooting of 11-year-old…