NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — There are a lot of guilty people in prison. And Professor David Singleton knows it. Some of them, though, have changed and deserve a second chance, he frequently tells students in his classes at Salmon P. Chase College of Law. And those who have changed – and have completed a significant portion of a sentence – are whom he wants to see have a second chance through a project he created: Beyond Guilt. The strategy behind it is seemingly counterintuitive: Ask prosecutors who convicted an inmate and family members of a victim to join him in petitioning for early release, followed by connections to mentoring and social services. It is an approach that lets him teach students about both law and life. (So far, more than 37 individuals have been freed since Beyond Guilt was begun in March 2019.)