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| Hundreds of Iowa inmates could be released |
| By desmoinesregister.com - LEE ROOD |
| Published: 08/19/2011 |
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The Iowa Department of Corrections will have to parole or discharge hundreds and possibly thousands of Iowa inmates early - some of them dangerous - because of a recent Iowa Supreme Court ruling, a state official confirmed Thursday night. Fred Scaletta, a spokesman for the department, said the department is recalculating the sentences of roughly 3,200 convicts whose time under corrections supervision is affected by the ruling last month. Officials plan to inform the Board of Corrections today at a meeting in Fort Dodge about the effects of the court decision. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously in July that state law mandated that a convicted sex offender should receive credit for time served while under home supervision, even though he violated probation while at home. Michael Leroy Anderson, then 37, had been living at home for about a year in 2006 when a probation officer discovered he had met several times with a 16-year-old girl. The officer, acting on a police tip, found the girl naked under his bed, the same day the officer had warned Anderson to stay away from children. The Iowa Supreme Court said state law clearly states any defendant committed to the state Department of Corrections for supervision "who has probation revoked shall be given credit for such time served." Read More. |
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