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| Department of Corrections program allows inmates out on weekends |
| By wsoctv.com |
| Published: 07/01/2013 |
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Convicted criminals from the Charlotte area – sentenced to years in prison for murder, kidnapping and other crimes – have gotten out of prison on the weekends even though they weren’t finished serving their time. “It makes a mockery of our court system,” said Judy Williams. Williams co-founded a support group for the families of murder victims. “No victims’ family should have to worry about seeing that person in a grocery store or a golf course before that minimum sentence is served,” Williams said. However, a Department of Corrections program allows it. A DOC document states that inmates qualify for the Home Leave Program if they’re “within 12 months of a release or a parole eligibility date.” The program has allowed felons like Cynthia Butler to get out of jail on the weekends even though she is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. “My reaction was disbelief,” said Sen. Joel Ford. Read More. |
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