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The Power of Forgiveness

Season 1, Ep. 2

Lawanda Sexton’s 15-year old son Armoni was one of the best basketball players in the country when he was shot and killed in 2015 in a case of mistaken identity. Seven years after Jen first interviewed the Sexton family in Paterson, she checks in with Lawanda about how her son’s tragic death prompted her to make positive changes in her own life.


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Host: Jen Maxfield

Edited: Wyatt Peake

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