A suspected Augusta rapist mistakenly freed from a state prison last month should be back in Augusta within 10 days, District Attorney Ashley Wright said.
Charles "Tony" James, 34, is accused of going on a three-state crime spree after his Nov. 27 release from Valdosta State Prison. He was arrested in Springfield, Ill., in January.
James should not have been released from prison. Although he completed the sentence he received for violating his parole in 2008, he still had other charges pending in connection with a series of increasingly violent sexual assaults. A glitch in the paperwork, however, made it appear that James had no outstanding charges.
Aggravated sodomy, armed robbery and kidnapping charges are pending against him in Richmond County Superior Court.
THAT WAS NO GLITCH!!!! THAT WAS DA MUTHA OF ALL ---- UPS!!!!!!!!!
Somebody's head should roll for that "glitch". How much is that "glitch" going to cost the taxpayers when the lawsuits are filed? Violent criminals should be the priority in our prison system, not drug abusers. There are too many people in our prisons that should be getting treatment instead of hard time and then released to society with the same problems.
? Does that come with a road map? "There are too many people in our prisons that should be getting treatment instead of hard time and then released to society with the same problems." Reader 54, have another cup of coffee.
This man has proven himself to be a career criminal. There should be no leniency, just a long term care facility that will restrict his movements 24 hours a day.
reader54, are you going to be the first one to send a donation to the state for their treatment or should the money be taken away from other programs of the law abiding citizens. The state is now almost broke from all the give away programs which probably be cut anyway.
Bring "Angola Philosophy" of prison management to GA. Make inmates work and be self sufficient. You do have a "captive audience". Idol hands are the devils workshop.
WW: The prisons aren't free. Treatment is cheaper. That's like sending an alcoholic to prison. At least they would get treatment and have a chance to change instead of making criminal contacts. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world. How's that working out?
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