An ex-con who was paroled in California was recently deported to Cambodia — a country he left as an infant refugee while his family fled the Khmer Rouge.
Phoeun You, 47, was granted parole from San Quentin State Prison last week after serving 26 years for murder, according to multiple reports. You was 20 when he killed a 17-year-old in a gang-related shooting.
Behind bars, though, he became a counselor for the group Bay Area Women Against Rape, graduated with an associate’s degree from online college Patten University and also worked as a writer and layout designer for the San Quentin News.