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Michigan Prosecutors Sue State Over Parole of Violent Offenders

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Tresa Baldas' report posted at National Law Journal.  LINKMichigan prosecutors are suing the state Department of Corrections over the release of hundreds of violent offenders, alleging murderers and rapists are being paroled with little or no say from prosecutors. "They're releasing these people at an alarming rate," said Kym Worthy, the chief prosecutor for Wayne County, Mich., who is one of three Detroit-area prosecutors leading the charge to get advance notice of parole hearings. "I had no idea that some of the most serious and most violent sex offenders were being let go, especially sex offenders." Michigan is part of what prosecutors describe as a nationwide trend of cash-strapped states taking an axe to prison budgets, either by releasing inmates earlier than expected or by cutting rehabilitation programs...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).