The Kilroy redemption: From prisoner to government lawyer | White House Chronicle 9045

November 19, 2017 by

Noah Kilroy’s life was following a usual story line: Abandoned at birth by a drug-addicted mother, shuffled from foster home to foster home in Rhode Island, dropped out of high school, and served time for various drug felonies between the ages of 16 and 23. But the life of this man took a storybook twist: Released in 2003 from a Florida prison, Kilroy is now a lawyer and assistant city solicitor in Providence, R.I. And its twist happened because of a book he read during his Florida incarceration.

White House Chronicle, Show #9045
Air Date: Nov. 10, 2017
Run Time: 29:00
Host: Llewellyn King
Co-host: Linda Gasparello
Guests: Noah Kilroy, assistant city solicitor, Providence, R.I.; Frederic Reamer, professor, School of Social Work, Rhode Island College.
Topic: The Kilroy redemption: From prisoner to government lawyer

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