From the story (which one of these should NOT be in prison for life)?
Johnie Tarkington, 53, was released from prison 43 days early on Oct. 7, 2009. He failed to check in on Nov. 18, 2009. His prior arrests include, being a felon in possession of a weapon and escape from jail [Denver 2002], as well as arrests for vandalism, burglary, theft and drugs.
James Johnson, 40, was released 83 days early on Oct. 13, 2009 and failed to check in the same day. He was serving time for fraud and escape. He was convicted of providing false information while selling property to a pawnbroker.
Steven Lehman, 48, had three days left on his sentence, when he was released early on Dec. 22, 2009. He failed to check in two days later. Lehman has four previous arrests for theft, being a felon in possession of a gun while intoxicated, DUI, criminal impersonation, jumping bail and being a habitual criminal offender. Lehman is under intensive supervision parole, meaning he’s considered an increased risk to the community. Because of his ISP status, Lehman will be required to go back to prison when he’s caught.
Mark Harris, 41, was released from prison 28 days early on Oct. 5, 2009. He failed to check in Dec. 11, 2009. He was serving time for financial fraud [unauthorized use of a financial device more than $500, but less than $15,000] and drug abuse. Harris also has arrests for possession of a gun while intoxicated, escape from a felony conviction, forgery and theft. He is also a habitual traffic violator with two arrests for DUI and six arrests for driving with a suspended license.
Ritter needs to go.
But But Ritter promised they would release the prisoners who wouldn’t cause any trouble. LOL
Three “escapes” and one “jumped bail” in those cases. Seems to me those would have been good reasons to disqualify them from the early-parole program.