Charles Amos, 53, said when he was convicted of second-degree murder and given a life sentence in 1995, he didn’t think he would amount to much, but he wanted to change.
He began educating himself by reading. Then, in 1999, heard about the Louisiana New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary program at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola For four years, Amos read the Bible and wrote dissertations, all while learning the law for his own case.
In 2007, Amos graduated from the program with a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry. Amos is one of many formerly incarcerated people who earned a degree while in prison…