In 2023, Betty Heron, an 83 year old woman enduring 41 years of incarceration, (now 42)was refused her plea for freedom by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons.

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In 1982, she was sentenced to life without parole. A battered woman, she was sentenced before the battered women's syndrome was a well articulated defense. 

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At her hearing in 2023, her plea for freedom was sabotaged by a victim's family member.

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Do the Math refers to her 42 years in prison. Forty two is half her age. She began her life without parole sentence at the age of forty two. 42+42=84.

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Both Betty Heron and Cyd Berger were battered women in the early 1980s.

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After over four decades, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons rejects their freedom.

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Victim's families' misinformed, unchallenged testimonies obstruct the freedom of Betty Heron and Cyd Berger.

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The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has been cavalier about the lives of legions of incarcerated individuals. This system is severely broken. 

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