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Special treatment: 2/3 of inmates would be paroled under lenient standard for defrocked prosecutor

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Talk about special treatment by the Texas parole board! According to the Dallas News:See a man off to prison with a 15-year sentence, you expect him to stay gone awhile. Which is why some in Rockwall are surprised to hear that Ray Sumrow is out on parole after 20 months.Sumrow, 60, was the sixth-term Republican district attorney in Rockwall when convicted twice in 2008.Prison and parole officials said Sumrow qualified for parole based on a formula that weighs the nature of his crimes and the sum of "flat time," the actual number of days he served, plus "good time" plus "work time."Of course, about 2/3 of offenders in TDCJ also qualify for parole when you add up good time, work time, and flat time, so they should be released too, by that line of reasoning...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).

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