After 40 years in prison, ex-offender gives up the bad, works on the good
Denny Pounds splits logs at Barberton Tree in Norton. Pounds spent 40 years behind bars, and was given a job and home by lifelong pal Keith Luck, who owns the tree company. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Keith Luck (left) and Denny Pounds at Barberton Tree. Pounds spent 40 years behind bars but was given a job and home by his good friend, Luck, who owns the company. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Crystal Starks (left) and Terry Tribe Johnson with Reentry Coalition, talk as Denny Pounds (right), who served nearly 40 years in prison, listens during a Front Porch meeting of Summit County Reentry Coalition Support Group at the Front Porch facility on Grant Street. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Denny Pounds (right), who served nearly 40 years in prison, attends a Front Porch meeting of Summit County Reentry Coalition Support Group. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Denny Pounds, who served nearly 40 years in prison, attends a Front Porch Cafe meeting of Summit County Reentry Coalition Support Group. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Denny Pounds sits next to his wife Lori Pounds during a service at Wintergreen Ledges Church of God. (Karen Schiely /Akron Beacon Journal)
Denny Pounds, a worker at Barberton Tree, spent 40 years behind bars, but was given a job and home by his lifelong pal Keith Luck, who owns the company. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Denny Pounds (far left), who served nearly 40 years in prison, attends a Front Porch meeting of Summit County Reentry Coalition Support Group at the Front Porch facility on Grant Street in Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Denny Pounds, who served nearly 40 years in prison, attends a Front Porch Cafe meeting of Summit County Reentry Coalition Support Group. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)