Russ Marlan
Russ Marlan
act apparently happened protest
We're investigating what happened and why. Apparently they went there as an act of protest and were not going to leave.
aware believe court employees supreme unit
We believe our employees in that unit were aware of that Supreme Court decision.
aware certainly opinion
We were aware of that opinion and thought it was being applied. That is certainly part of our investigation.
apparent circumstance exactly looking obviously purpose
We're obviously looking into the circumstances surrounding this, what the prisoners' purpose was and what exactly happened. It was an apparent act of protest.
charges dealt definitely escaped healed injuries prisoner
We will definitely extradite him back once hes healed up from his injuries and dealt with his charges there. Hes still an escaped prisoner from our area.
certainly conduct denied four indicate parole torture
Obviously, he wasn't an outstanding prisoner. That's why he was denied parole four times, but there's certainly nothing about his conduct (in prison) to indicate torture and murder.
shred truth
There's not a shred of truth to that.
board desire parole reviewed serious
Our desire was that he be reviewed by the parole board for those serious violations. Unfortunately that did not occur.
group upset
One group was upset about the way this was handled.
examining releasing
What we're examining in this investigation is if there were alternatives to automatically releasing him.
definitely information using
In any case, if there's information a parolee is using drugs or alcohol, that is definitely something we would like to know.
armed continue decided gone original remaining sentence
If he had gone to the board, they could have decided to continue his probation or reinstate the remaining two years on his original sentence for armed robbery.
attend interested reducing truly
If he's truly interested in reducing parolee crime, he should show up and attend these meetings.
barriers figure genius illegal intent paying prevent remove selling taxes took whatever
It is the program's intent to remove any barriers that would prevent them from getting a job, paying taxes and abstaining from illegal behavior. Before, it didn't take a genius to figure out it wouldn't be long before they'd go back to stealing, selling drugs, whatever it took to make a living.