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Ex-officer convicted in Matthew Ajibade case allowed to serve time on weekends
Source: The Guardian
Ex-officer convicted in Matthew Ajibade case allowed to serve time on weekends
Ryan Felton in Detroit
Monday 9 November 2015 23.42 GMT
A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy, convicted for using a stun gun on a restrained detainee who later died alone in his cell, was sentenced on Friday to one month in jail and three years’ probation.
His conviction for cruelty of an inmate carried jail time of up to three years. But significantly shorter jail time was not the only way Chatham County superior court judge James Bass issued a more lenient sentence: he also allowed the former deputy to serve his time on the weekends.
While experts say weekend-only jail sentences are not unheard of, they’re not common, either. In fact, some say they’d like to see those sentences used more often – for defendants who aren’t members of law enforcement.
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Ryan Felton in Detroit
Monday 9 November 2015 23.42 GMT
A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy, convicted for using a stun gun on a restrained detainee who later died alone in his cell, was sentenced on Friday to one month in jail and three years’ probation.
His conviction for cruelty of an inmate carried jail time of up to three years. But significantly shorter jail time was not the only way Chatham County superior court judge James Bass issued a more lenient sentence: he also allowed the former deputy to serve his time on the weekends.
While experts say weekend-only jail sentences are not unheard of, they’re not common, either. In fact, some say they’d like to see those sentences used more often – for defendants who aren’t members of law enforcement.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/09/matthew-ajibade-georgia-student-taser-officer-prison-weekends
