How to get out of prison after serving only a third of your time:
An Indiana teen convicted in a deadly DUI was released from prison Monday. Paige Grable served her time, but not as much as the victim's family -- or prosecutors -- expected. WAVE 3's David McArthur explains.
Grable was sentenced to 30 months but is out after nine months.
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When Grable was sentenced, she was already close to graduating, so she able to quickly complete her GED.
Good behavior cut her 30-month sentence in half. with six months credit for earning her GED, she was eligible for release after serving just nine months.
The prosecutor has a good idea for a change in state law. Apply any credits granted to the original sentence instead of the one halved by good time. If that had been done in this case, the teen would at least have served 12 months out of 30 instead of nine.
Comments
How much would the corresponding tax increase be to cover the expense of incarcerating an offender for additional time?
I'm not crying a river at the idea that someone like Ms. Grable might suffer more punishment, but long sentences are expensive.
Just a thought, but how about we do away with the incentives and good time credit altogether.
After all, it's not an institution of higher learning, it's a flipping prison.
Doug..."but long sentences are expensive." Yeah, but short ones are ineffective.
Makes me wonder WHO (exactly) took the PENITENT out of PENITENTIARY in the first place?
If we're going to call it "hard time", then let's make the venue FIT the description, eh?
B.G.