Brandon Harris focused his project on Sura Sohna and helped him get out of a Maryland prison 12 years early.
— along with hundreds of members of the Davidson community and others. Sohna could feel the support, he said.His lawyer said the Zoom was helpful, as it “opened his eyes to the realization that there are a lot of good people who are willing to help,” Showstack said. Several strangers followed up to offer Sohna guidance and encouragement, allowing him to establish “a large network of people” in his corner, Harris said.In December, Showstack decided to try to get Sohna’s sentence reevaluated.
Harris also took the stand, outlining the findings from his project, including Sohna’s unstable situation at home and his family’s financial struggles. He reinforced that Sohna’s behavior was a series of bad choices he made rather than who he was as a person — or who he would be in the future. Then, in a moment Harris and Sohna described as dreamlike, the judge said: “You’re going home today.”
While the outcome drastically changed the course of Sohna’s life, it also shifted Harris’s path. He initially planned to go into medicine but now wants to expand his legal advocacy. So far he has been accepted to law school at Georgetown University, the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland, Vanderbilt University and Columbia University. He is still waiting to hear from a few programs, he said, and he plans to make a decision in April.
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