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Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.

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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
Actor
Film Producer
Lawyer
Missionary
Novelist
Politician
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Jonesboro
Arkansas
John Ray Grisham
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John Ray Grisham Jr
Prisons
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Society
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