Kentucky Inmates Freed Early
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Thu Dec 19, 2002 at 10:01:14 AM EST
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Posted on Thu Dec 19, 2002 at 10:01:14 AM EST
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Prosecutors fumed as hundreds of low level felons were allowed to leave jails and prisons early as part of Gov. Paul Patton's plan to avert a $6 million deficit in the corrections budget.
``I feel wonderful, man,'' Kevin Ray Gibson, 26, told the Lexington Herald-Leader after his release four months early for burglary and trafficking in pain pills. ``I'm going to get out and get me a job. I got kids I need to take care of. I just need to get out and do right. It's a good Christmas present.''
Patton's ``conditional commutation'' covered 567 prisoners, all described as nonviolent offenders who, on average, were within 80 days of completing their sentences.
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