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: Breaking Legal NewsLA judge frees thief who got 25 yrs on 3rd strike
By (Breaking Legal News)
A judge on Monday ordered the release of a man who spent 13 years behind bars for trying to steal food from a church, his third offense under California's three-strikes law.
Tears streamed down Gregory Taylor's face when Judge Peter Espinoza amended his sentence to eight years already served. The judge asked a bailiff to get him a tissue.
He was taken back into custody and will be released when his paperwork is completed in at least two days.
Family members and supporters applauded and the 47-year-old Taylor quietly thanked the court and his lawyers for "giving me another chance ... and my family for sticking by me."
The Stanford Law Project filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking freedom for Taylor, who was sentenced in 1997 to 25 years to life under California's three-strikes law. The district attorney did not oppose the group's move.
Full post as published by Breaking Legal News on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).
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