Post by Logan on Apr 10, 2016 20:30:02 GMT -6
SEATTLE -- The state Attorney General's Office said Thursday it erred in 2012 when a former state attorney told the Department of Corrections that a problem with the early release of prisoners didn't need to be addressed immediately.
A programming error led to the early release of up to 3,200 prisoners over a 13-year period because of miscalculated sentences, and at least two deaths have been tied to the early releases.
The DOC was alerted to the error in December 2012, when a victim's family member realized a prisoner was being mistakenly released early.
Ronda Larson, an assistant attorney general at the time, advised the DOC that it wasn't necessary to manually recalculate the sentences of other prisoners. She said waiting for a programming fix for other cases should be enough. An internal report of the incident says that Larson, who resigned in February, believed the coding error would be fixed in two months. It was delayed repeatedly for the next three years, allowing the early release of more prisoners.
Read more: www.theolympian.com/latest-news/article70606937.html
A programming error led to the early release of up to 3,200 prisoners over a 13-year period because of miscalculated sentences, and at least two deaths have been tied to the early releases.
The DOC was alerted to the error in December 2012, when a victim's family member realized a prisoner was being mistakenly released early.
Ronda Larson, an assistant attorney general at the time, advised the DOC that it wasn't necessary to manually recalculate the sentences of other prisoners. She said waiting for a programming fix for other cases should be enough. An internal report of the incident says that Larson, who resigned in February, believed the coding error would be fixed in two months. It was delayed repeatedly for the next three years, allowing the early release of more prisoners.
Read more: www.theolympian.com/latest-news/article70606937.html