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NC mulls special session to deal with inmate issue
The Associated Press
Friday, November 06, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue says she hopes she doesn't have to recall North Carolina lawmakers to settle a dispute over whether 27 inmates can be released from prison.
But WRAL-TV reports Friday that Perdue's staff is working on legislation, just in case.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled last month in favor of a prisoner who argued a 1970s state law defined a life sentence as 80 years.
Time-off credits allowed Bobby Bowden to get a day-for-a-day for good behavior, and 27 inmates have qualified for release. But that was halted after Perdue said prison officials weren't authorized to apply the credits to inmates sentenced to life.
Court arguments are expected on Perdue's challenge in the next month. A special session would cost North Carolina taxpayers about $50,000 a day.
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Information from: WRAL-TV, http://www.wral.com
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Nov 06, 2009 - 07:00 a.m. EDT
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That's great
11/07/2009 05:53:18 PM
I do not care how good they have been in prison. If they had good behavior before going to prison, they would not be there in the first place. That is the real problem with all the crime - a slap on the wrist or let them out early because they behaved in prison. Criminals know how the system works.
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