JOSEPH LIGNON: ONE OF AMERICA'S LONGEST SERVING PRISONER RELEASED THIS YEAR

Joseph lignon was released this year after serving one of America's longest sentence, 68years in jail.

Joe Lignon has the tragic distinction of being the oldest serving 'juvenile lifer' in the country. The 83year old was released from prison on February after serving nearly seven decades in prison for crimes he committed when he was 15.

Joseph Lignon was convicted of first degree murder charges after he and a group of teens were accused in a string of drunken attacks in South Philadelphia that left two dead and six injured according to a 1953 account of the crime in the Philadelphia Inquirer.