Ex-prisoners vow to use second chance to right wrongs

“We are prepared to sacrifice the last of our beings to contribute to society.”

These are the heartfelt words of two former prisoners who are given a second chance at righting wrongs, following their decades-long incarceration for serious crimes.

One had been serving a jail sentence since 2000 for drug trafficking and the other since 2004 over a firearms-related offence.

The duo was among the successful applicants allowed by the Federal Court for...