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| Ky. prepares to release nearly 1000 inmates |
| By wdrb.com - Bennett Haeberle |
| Published: 12/19/2011 |
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WDRB) -- Nearly 1,000 inmates are expected to released in the coming days as part of new program designed to save Kentucky's government millions of dollars. Under the new early release program, 996 inmates will be released on January 3, 2012, six months before their earliest release dates. It's all part of the mandate created in the passage of House Bill 463. But a WDRB News investigation found the state's Department of Corrections has actually spent money on the inmates and that some of them set for release were convicted of violent crimes that resulted in deaths. Among those set for release is Frankie Roberson, who was convicted of reckless homicide and sentenced to five years in prison. Prosecutors says and 64-year old McOwen Drane became involved in an altercation that ended with Roberson allegedly hitting Drane's head against a brick wall. Drane, a 64-year old cancer patient, was attempting to return a phone card at a nearby store when the altercation occurred in March of 2009. Now, after serving less than three years of sentence, Roberson is being released. "It's not fair. It's not. It's cruel how the system is," said James Black, Drane's nephew. "(Roberson) did the crime, so he need to do the crime, and man up." Black was unaware that Roberson was being released into he was notified by WDRB News this week. Other victims' families contacted by the news organization also confirmed that they had no knowledge or notification from the state that inmates were being released. Read More. |
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