Posted on 02/19/2005 11:53:10 AM PST by Willie Green
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- An inmate mistakenly released by Ohio authorities arranged his own way back to the Colorado prison where he has to serve two more years.
The Stark County jail let Ricky Lee Claycomb go on Tuesday after he was acquitted of a rape charge. His jailers never saw the paperwork to ensure his return to Colorado, the sheriff said.
So Claycomb, 37, took a bus back to the state where he has been serving a robbery sentence and, after visiting his mother, had a relative drive him to the prison.
"He was nice enough to call ahead," said Katherine Sanguinetti, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections. "I think he was afraid we would shoot him or something, but it wasn't his fault Ohio let him go."
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"He told them at the jail that he was supposed to be taken back to Colorado," said his mother, Jill Claycomb. "He said they told him he was done in Canton and it was his problem to get back."
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>>They should meet this guy at the jail door with a parole board and paperwork granting his re-release.
Sounds good to me...
I think he would make a good nominee for President. I think he would beat John Effin Kerry.
I would vote for hiom before I would vote for either Kerry or Hillary after all didnt Hillary take the furniture the last time she was there, and didnt John Kerry fraudulently take his Senate paycheck. If you are going to put a thief in the White House , why not one who has served his time honorably?
"You can make examples of people when they do wrong.
Why not make examples of people when they do right?"
Exactly. If rehabilitation is the goal this one is a rare accomplishmet. Some employer should take a hint.
Doesn't that beat all. Since he was acquited in Ohio, in basic fairness (though likely not strictly law), the Colorado system should reduce his incarceration by that amount; minimally, the parole board should consider his responsible action in returning to Colorado to serve his time. My guess is the corrections department is axle wrapped in regulations, and it's up to the parole board or governor to do anything positive for him.
For many reasons, lots of men will get within two years (or two months sometimes) of release and escape if given the chance (i.e. during work furlough or trustee off site excursions) ... who knows why they do it... Stockholm syndrome, taste of freedom, like the security of prison, very low self esteem - thinking they can't make it on the outside... that kind of thing probably.
REDUCE the time remaining in his sentence by 50%, NOW!
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