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| Bev Perdue blocks early release |
| By citizen-times.com/ |
| Published: 10/23/2009 |
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RALEIGH — In the face of outrage from victims and their families, N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue on Thursday challenged a 25-year-old policy on prison good conduct credits, saying she would not free a group of violent inmates who were sentenced to life in prison. One of those prisoners includes Willard Warren Jr., who was convicted of slaying a Waynesville rest home patient in 1975. Perdue, awakened from sleep during a trade mission in China so she could make a judgment about the legal quandary, argued in a statement that she doesn't believe the Department of Corrections had the legislative authority to apply credits to inmates who are in for life. Her administration planned to deny the prisoners those credits, preventing their release until the issue was resolved in the courts. They had been scheduled for release next week. Read More. |
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