Paula Cooper Left Prison Still Chained Mentally

At the young age of 15, Paula Cooper found herself as the youngest death row inmate to hit the prison scene. As a convicted murderer she was looking at spending the rest of her life behind bars. In 1988, to Cooper’s surprise, the death sentenced was converted in her favor to a 60-year sentence. Cooper was later released to a world she had never known only to be found dead by apparent suicide.

While serving time in prison, she triumphantly earned a bachelor’s degree and had her prison sentence reduced for good behavior. After spending 28 years “in a cave” Cooper was released on parole June 17, 2013. Nearly two years later, unable to adjust to a life of “supposed” freedom, Cooper allegedly shot herself outside of a residential building in Indianapolis.

In his allegorical presentation of The Cave, Greek philosopher … click HERE to continue reading