They Served Their Time. But They May Still Die in State Custody.

They Served Their Time. But They May Still Die in State Custody.

Eliseo Padrón is a 50-year-old Mexican American man from St. Paul, Minnesota. Padrón told The Appeal he grew up surrounded by gang culture. He spent his early adulthood in and out of prison.  “Living that lifestyle led to me doing a lot of things that I regret,” Padrón says. He was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1995.  After he violated his parole terms by returning late to the halfway house in 2012, the state sentenced Pad…