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| Judge rules 'life' inmates should be released |
| By wral.com |
| Published: 12/14/2009 |
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue says she is "furious" over a Superior Court judge's ruling that two prison inmates sentenced to life in prison should be released. Judge Ripley Rand on Monday ruled in the cases of convicted murderers Alford Jones and Faye Brown, who were sentenced in the 1970s under an old law that defined a life sentence as 80 years. Attorneys for both inmates argued last week that the old law, combined with good-behavior credits meant to reduce sentences, mean their clients' prison terms are complete. Rand ruled the North Carolina Department of Correction wrongly interpreted its regulation on the sentence-reduction credits. Read More. |
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