mary mitchell authored the series and joins us now. thank you very much for joining us.this is some great reporting. let's start with the story of jesse webster, recently released from prison after serving more than 21 years. what got him there in the first place? >> well, what got him there was drug dealing. he admits that, he was selling drugs. he got into the drug business as a young boy. not even in high school. he came from a poor family, and a distressed neighborhood. and to make ends meet, he went out and shoveled snow, washed cars, carried groceries, and sold drugs on the corner. >> but then how did he end up with such a harsh sentence? what did he do? >> okay, so the problem here was that it wasn't the fact he was just selling drugs. because he admits that. but it was a prosecution in chicago where prosecutors were looking to get something on the gangster disciples and basically larry hoover. they found out, through sources, thse webster was selling drugs, was a middle person in drug deals involving the gangster disciples. they wanted jesse webster to wear a wir

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