From the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board – December 31, 2018
The odds are stacked against Kiwand Brown staying out of trouble.
We’re pulling hard for Brown to beat those odds, unlike far too many other ex-offenders from tough neighborhoods. They get out of prison or jail and end up right back behind bars within months.
Brown, as reporter Frank Main wrote, is working hard to avoid that fate. He has spent over eight months in jail already, after cops nabbed him for taking part in a friend’s robbery scheme, and those 263 days were enough. Brown pleaded guilty and is finishing a two-year probation sentence.