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| South Dakota board grants 'compassionate parole' to inmate |
| By wthr.com |
| Published: 10/25/2018 |
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota board has granted compassionate parole to a man sentenced to nearly 60 years in prison for molesting boys while working as a counselor at a former state juvenile correctional center. The state Board of Pardons and Paroles granted 72-year-old Darwin Heuer the parole last week. Heuer was the first offender to have a hearing under a new "compassionate parole" system for seriously ill and elderly inmates. The Rapid City Journal reports the board said because of Heuer's prognosis, he can be dealt with in a more "cost effective manner" if he is released and monitored under the new program. Read More. |
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