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EXCLUSIVE: America's oldest juvenile lifer, 83, who walked free after 68 years in prison is 'amazed' by skyscrapers but is also mourning family members who have died since he was convicted of murder at 15 Joseph Ligon, 83, was freed from eastern Pennsylvania prison last Thursday In 1953, he was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 15 for taking part in a string of robberies and assaults that left two people dead in Philadelphia in 1953 Ligon became eligible for parole in 2017 but refused to apply His lawyer successfully convinced the court to grant his release last fall Now Ligon is settling into life after prison with help from Philadelphia's Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) http://DailyMail.com spoke to two people at YSRP on Tuesday about how Ligon's first few days have been 'He is incredibly cheerful and amazed at the changes in Philadelphia since 1953, in particular the tall buildings,' YSRP Senior Adviser Eleanor Myers said By Megan Sheets For http://Dailymail.com https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9262231/Joseph-Ligon-sentenced-life-prison-15-finally-walks-free-68-years-later.html Published: 09:33 AEDT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 09:59 AEDT, 17 February 2021