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| With bleak economic forecast, some states free prisoners early |
| By cnn.com |
| Published: 12/17/2009 |
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(CNN) -- The thought of her convicted attacker getting out of prison early makes Gloria Warner feel sick. He once threw her from a moving vehicle, she says. He also beat her until welts and bruises covered her body. He raped her, too, and she says she's been in counseling since. Her abuser, Filemon Arreola, now 31, was sentenced to prison in Oregon in 2007 on counts of rape, assault, coercion and tampering with a witness. His sentence ends November 2022, but under a law passed in Oregon this summer, with good prison behavior as much as 30 percent could be taken off his sentence for coercion and tampering with a witness. Arreola could benefit from what some legislators call an "oversight" allowing violent offenders to get out early if they have a consecutive term that includes a non-violent crime. In the next few months, his case -- and the victim's objections -- will go before a judge who will decide whether to reduce Arreola's sentence. Read More. |
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