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Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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Evangelist
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South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
Sr.
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