Twins granted clemency after serving 11 years in prison, being sentenced beyond legal maximum

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) – A pair of brothers in Mississippi are finally walking free after serving more time in prison than they should have.

For more than a decade, Marcus and Maurice Taylor had limited contact with family and friends. Eleven years of birthdays, school milestones, and ordinary family moments were taken away from them by an illegal sentence.

The twin Taylor brothers were convicted of conspiracy to sell a Schedule III controlled substance under Mississippi law…

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