Current State #269 | March 6, 2014

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Published March 6, 2014 at 1:07 PM EST

Today on Current State: the debate over whether juvenile offenders should receive life without parole; a new CEO at the non-profit Prima Civitas Foundation; the bygone era of the passenger pigeon and Detroit's jazz legacy.

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