So say a Judge convicts someone for an assault/murder charge and sends them to Jail...the Governor at that time disagrees with the decision and orders the DOC to release this person....Would that be Okay?

The Governor's ex-business partner is charged with fraud and sentenced...the Governor decides to block that sentence and have the person released...Would that be Okay?

You are accused of a crime and the Judge finds you not guilty, your Governor disagrees with the Judge and sends you to Jail... Would that be Okay?

Watch all of these clowns sue the state for millions of dollars. I want to laugh but it isn't funny because they will probably win.

So let me get this straight...

The law at the time of his/their crime was "Life" equals "80 Years with "NO Good Time Credits"...hmmmmm,

Then the law stated "Life" equals "Life" again with "NO Good Time Credits"....

Then someone (no one has really said who or when or why or by what authority...but for the sake of argument lets pretend it was some one with authorit)...someone said, "Life" should mean the "80 Years" but with "One Good Day for Every Day Served" (by the way is a Good Day earned by having a Good Day or do you get them on Bad Days too)...again, I digress...80 - good time of 40 years = 40 years....

Hmmmm, has any of these prisoners Max'd out their 40 years yet in order to earn the 40 years good time?

How about why does the law at the time they are sentence only apply if means less time but if the law changed that means less time that counts too? Which is it...the law when they were convicted or the law now or the law when most convenient for them?

Hmmmmm...

In a civics class in High School (when life was equal to 80 years), that people convicted and sentenced to life could get out before they spent 80 years in prison. However, they could give a person life and a day. They would have to serve their life sentence first, then the day (no loop holes).

The courts have spoken. They should be freed. If the governor wanted them to stay, why hasn't she been in court fighting it. A Preliminary injunction maybe? If the inmates aren't released, the court should hold her in contempt. Not just a verbal, Gov, you're in contempt of court, but, maybe some time in a jail cell herself.

God Bless The Govener! Nice to see an elected official looking out for the interests of free citizens!

The bottom line boils down to the fact that the only leverage the state has is on the credits issue. The inmates have "ex post facto" in their favor so the NC General Assembly is utterly powerless to pass a law keeping these inmates in prison. The reason being is that "ex post facto" is forbidden in the United States Constitution. I'm not happy about the inmates being released but it is basically inevitable now. I said it in another previous thread but this is why our lawmakers need to pay attention to detail in the verbage of legislation. And it would not surprise me if a federal court ends up ordering the inmates released.

You all kill me if you were so concerned about these people being released then you should have read the law when it was implemented now that time has approached for their release you all want to get on the bandwagon to keep them locked away. Well Gov Perdue you should have been well aware of these different laws when you took the oath. You are busy closing different prison facilities throughout NC. You should have been on top of these laws before you thought about closing these prisons. If these people have done their time you need to release them......Keeping them locked up will not improve your rating with the voting people.......

All of you that say it's OK to let them out early. Please sign up to take one or two reformed killers to live with you. The rest of us are more than quite happy with their location now at the cross bar hotel.

Ohh poor poor man.. who does not get to go to church this weekend. You should have thought of that before you killed some one. Life means life..

Crime doesn't pay. Stay in prison! AVENGER

Yes it does...lawyers, doctors, funeral homes, politicians, CEOs, senators, ex-governors, ex-presidents...the list goes on and on...

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