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Sex Offenders Could Be Released Soon

Supreme Court Ruling Will Lead To Release Of 127 Prisoners

This week's state Supreme Court rulings on parole for sex offenders will likely lead to the release of 127 prisoners soon.

Colorado prisons chief John Suthers said that those sex offenders already have finished up their original prison sentences and were locked up again for parole violations.

Under the Supreme Court's ruling, they should not have been under parole supervision in the first place.

Another 249 sex offenders, already freed from prison but under parole supervision, will be discharged from parole soon because they should not have been under such supervision according to the Supreme Court's ruling, Suthers said.

IN A NUTSHELL
SEX OFFENDER LISTS

The others 1,142 sex offenders affected by the ruling will continue serving their prison terms and may spend little or no time on parole after they are released, he said.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of conflicting laws on sex offenders' sentences only affects those people who committed crimes between 1993 and 1998.

One law said that parole cannot exceed the unserved part of the maximum sentence imposed or five years, whichever is less. The other said parole can be no longer than the remainder of the maximum prison sentence imposed.

Since 1998, Colorado has required lifetime supervision of sex offenders after they complete their prison sentences.

The Supreme Court ruled that the law in effect at the time a person was convicted should apply.

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