Kris Ranburger is a lucky woman and Erik Jensen is a lucky man.  They are lucky to have found each other.  Erik is currently serving like in prison without parole for a crime he did not commit when he was a kid, not yet an adult.  America is one of the few countries on earth that still sentences minors to life in prison without parole.  If justice is served Erik will be out of prison some day soon.

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All relationships are hard, but try maintaining a relationship when one of the two people are locked away for life without parole.  The hope that this relationship has is that Erik Jensen should not be in prison for they rest of his life and if justice prevails he will some day be walking the streets as a free man.

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Click the above link and hear Kris discuss keeping her relationship going with Erik Jensen who is currently serving life in prison without parole.

Erik Jensen, currently serving life in prison without parole, has made a lot of good friends in prison.  His new girl friend talks to him often.  Having fun with Erik they call his soul mate , “Stalker Girl.” Click on the link below to find out why she is referred to as “Stalker Girl.”

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Erik Jensen is serving life in prison without parole.  Kris was studying for her B. A. degree when she viewed “When Kids get Life.”  This documentary that featured Erik Jensen and Nathan Ybanez as well as other inmates that were unjustly sentenced to life in prison without parole while they were juveniles, introduced Kris to Erik.

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Someday, if justice prevails, and it will, Erik and Kris will be together.

Mary Ellen Johnson has dedicated her life to advancing the cause of juvenile justice.  She helped organize the Pendulum Foundation along with Curt and Pat Jensen.  Their son, Erik Jensen was railroaded into a sentence of life in prison without parole and they are working to see that this does not happen to other juveniles.

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Mary Ellen Johnson, Executive Director of Pendulum Foundation, a leading non-profit organization whose mission is to bring awareness to our broken juvenile justice system has written a superb book about Jacob Ind and his mistreatment by our broken juvenile justice system.  Click on the link below to hear her discuss “The Murder of Jacob.”

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Part of our continuing series to get to know the real Erik Jensen and Nathan Ybanez, not the distorted untruths printed to sell newspapers and the theatrical antics of district attorneys running for office.

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Mary Ellen, the Executive Director for Pendulum Foundation, a leading non-profit organization in the fight against juvenile injustice speaks out about our broken juvenile justice system