Meet Antonio Bascaro, America's Longest Serving Prisoner for Marijuana

Merry Jane
Jul 25, 2018, 10:15 am15 pts
Header photo via CAN-DO According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy in the United States is 78.8 years old. Born in 1934, Antonio Bascaro had already beaten the stats when he turned 83 last October. Sadly, however, he’s spent nearly half of his life behind bars for…

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