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| Judge delays ruling on inmate-release ban |
| By Herald-Leader |
| Published: 10/03/2008 |
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KENTUCKY - A Franklin Circuit judge has delayed a ruling on whether to issue a temporary ban on the release of inmates statewide under new parole rules. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd, after hearing 45 minutes of arguments from lawyers with the Department of Corrections and Attorney General Jack Conway's office on Thursday, gave them until Monday to file additional paperwork and said he might issue a ruling next week. Attorney General Jack Conway filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a judge to temporarily stop the release of prisoners under new rules enacted by the legislature earlier this year. The new rules were supposed to ease overcrowding of the state's prisons and save the state $12.5 million over the next two years.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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