Clyde Meikle, who is serving a 50-year sentence for murder, wipes a tear from his eye during graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, inside the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Conn. Meikle was among 18 inmates who received an associate degree from Middlesex Community College as part of a program with Wesleyan University's Center for Prison Education. (Pat Eaton-Robb/AP Photo)
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