Post by KC on Apr 29, 2006 21:24:14 GMT -5
04/29/2006 - Leonard Brown, 47, sentenced in 1982 to 99 years in prison in Florida for armed robbery, was released in April after a fellow inmate (having looked over Brown's records) pointed out to officials that Brown's sentence was illegally long and that 15 years was the maximum time he could have been kept behind bars.
The probable explanation, according to sources cited by the Tampa Tribune, was that Brown's judge (now deceased) misinterpreted whether Brown was ever armed. Thus, but for the fortuitous discovery of that eagle-eyed inmate, Brown would have spent his entire post-teenage life in prison.
The probable explanation, according to sources cited by the Tampa Tribune, was that Brown's judge (now deceased) misinterpreted whether Brown was ever armed. Thus, but for the fortuitous discovery of that eagle-eyed inmate, Brown would have spent his entire post-teenage life in prison.