No one is beyond making a mistake, especially when difficult circumstances are involved. Sometimes, these mistakes result in felony charges and convictions. In most cases when a person is convicted of a felony in Arizona the case is more or less considered "cut and dried." But there are supposed to be opportunities built in to the system that offer certain inmates hope.
One Arizona inmate had experienced an especially difficult life with his parents both jailed while he was very young. He had lived on the street through most of his teen years and was convicted of drug charges. While in prison he earned his GED, a certificate for good behavior, and in 2011 Arizona's Executive Clemency Board ruled that he had turned his life around and deserved a lesser sentence. However, since the governor disagreed, no clemency was given.

