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| Inmate's Accidental Release Concerning |
| By philly.com |
| Published: 01/06/2011 |
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Shamir Robinson was released from jail last month, just in time for the holidays. The only problem was, it was by accident. After a judge sentenced Robinson, 21, to time served on a robbery charge on Dec. 20, prison officials failed to notice a court order that should have kept Robinson in the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on pending charges in a 2009 robbery and assault case, said Robert Eskind, Philadelphia prisons spokesman. Robinson walked away a free man. The mistake was not discovered until two weeks later, when Robinson showed up Monday in court for a trial that had been scheduled on the 2009 charges. When Robinson's court-appointed attorney and others realized Robinson should not have been out of prison, Robinson "disappeared," Eskind said. After a judge issued a bench warrant, Robinson, of Nicetown, was arrested Tuesday night at a relative's home, Eskind said Wednesday morning. Read More. |
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