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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
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)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)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.