The year 1993 was, in every sense, unforgettable. It was the year Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuted and Beanie Babies sparked a nationwide craze; the year of the World Trade Center bombing and the 51-day standoff in Waco, Texas. Intel launched the Pentium chip, changing personal tech forever, while Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” ruled the charts.

Amid all of this, in Hampton, Virginia, a real-life moment shifted for one all-American in the making. At seventeen, Allen Iverson, was arrested following a brawl at a local bowling alley. He was charged under a rarely used Jim Crow-era statute called “maiming by mob.” Ironically, this law was originally intended to prosecute group violence, specifically lynching mobs. Iverson served four months before being granted clemency. His c

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