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Verses in Exile #3 | Children with Guns
Season 2015
Episode 3
Kosal’s escape into gang life becomes a slow trap into a cycle of violence. His California dream is a nightmare that unfolds with 6 bullets packed then unloaded. Now labeled a “monster”, Kosal delivers memories of substituting family with gang life and his subsequent incarceration at Tehachapi prison.
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