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alp227

(31,960 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:05 PM Mar 2013

Suspect in prisons chief's death may have been freed 4 years early

There are indications that the man believed to have killed the head of the Colorado prison system this month may have been released from prison early because of a clerical error.

Evan Ebel entered the Department of Corrections in February, 2005, sentenced to three years in prison on robbery and menacing charges. In June 2005, facing more charges, Ebel was sentenced to eight years for assault and three more years for menacing, both concurrent to the original sentence, meaning he could get out in eight years total, in 2013.

While Ebel was in prison, he assaulted a prison guard.

CNN affiliate KUSA in Denver says it has copy of Ebel's plea agreement from 2008, for that attack. The station broadcast on Friday an enhanced portion of the document, which states, in part, "The parties stipulate to a sentence capped at four years in the Department of Corrections to be served consecutively to any sentence the defendant is presently serving or has yet to serve."

full: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/justice/colorado-ebel-prison-records/index.html

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Suspect in prisons chief's death may have been freed 4 years early (Original Post) alp227 Mar 2013 OP
And... El Supremo Mar 2013 #1
I always wonder about the 'good behavior' concept, and with this guy in solitary, how does one freshwest Mar 2013 #2

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
1. And...
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:27 PM
Mar 2013

He got time off for good behavior - while in solitary.
He was let out of solitary confinement directly to parole.
He removed his monitoring ankle bracelet and was therefore being sought for arrest.

More fuck-ups here than there should be.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
2. I always wonder about the 'good behavior' concept, and with this guy in solitary, how does one
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 09:10 PM
Mar 2013
measure behavior in solitary?

He couldn't assault anyone there. But about the ankle bracelet - I thought he'd served his full time and wasn't on parole, didn't hear that part. I doubt the prison is fully staffed and probably doesn't take much time checking things. And three people are dead. This is why defunding is a risk. I wonder if the Aryan Brotherhood could have had any influence in this event and what happened after. From the stories coming out of Texas, I wonder if he was sent there to kill that man and his wife - before he was shot.

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