MINNEAPOLIS -- Kent Amos sat in his Washington, D.C., living room 36 years ago, three lost boys standing before him.
Amos and his wife, Carmen, were embarking on a new mentoring program for wayward children, and 14-year-old Milt Newton was among the first three candidates to receive the family's help.
"There were bigger boys that came along with him, but he had a strength and presence about him that was scary," Amos said. "That didn't go away quickly or easily. There has always been a toughness about him that is still there."
A hard-edged fighter scarred deeply by his father's abandonment, Newton was sent away from the U.