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Living it up at the Hotel Cold Springs

By Shawn Matlock

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Tarrant County commissioners and the Council on Sex Offender Treatment have entered into memorandum of understanding (whatever in the hell that is) that will allow the Tarrant County Jail's Cold Springs facility to house civilly-committed sex offenders. The agreement was reached with Wesley Wayne Miller in mind. Miller, who was sentenced for the 1982 stabbing of Retha Stratton, a local high school cheerleader, will soon be released from parole. Miller is the first convicted murdered to be civilly-committed under the 1999 law, which was expanded in 2006 to include murderers with sexually-motivated conduct. Under the agreement, Tarrant County's Cold Springs facility will act as a hotel for the committed individuals...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).