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The court again exposed the scandal of wrong sentence
  A man American felony was sentenced to 98 years imprisonment, but because the court document error and only spent 8 years in prison and was released, and he was sentenced to the same punishment has been in prison. America law enforcement scandals in recent years frequently exposed the wrong sentence, even a misplaced prisoners kill again, causing public discontent and fear. A slip of the pen two life America man Rene Lima Ma Lin and associates of the two armed robbery CD shop, by robbery, kidnapping, burglary and assault charges. Two per capita in 2000 in Colorado, was sentenced to 98 years in prison.
At that time, Lima - Marin is 20 years old, this sentence actually means to life imprisonment. However, because the court file registration error, Lima - he was 28 years old on parole. Two life is different: Lima - Ma Lin and the former girlfriend of Jia Siming mend fences, help her raise young son Justus, then two people also won the love crystallization, gave birth to a son, named Josiah. Last July, Lima - Ma Lin and Jia Siming into the marriage hall hand in hand.
After prison, Lima - Ma Lin on the door to make a living selling coupons, and later learned to install windows and other craft. He took an active part in the life of the church, the spare time volunteering as a children's football coach. At the same time, his friend has been in prison. In January this year, the law enforcement departments found court file error, then re arrested in Lima - Ma Lin. Frequent errors leave worries USA law enforcement agencies in recent years are frequent mistakes, discovered many wrong sentence scandal.
In the state of Missouri in 2000, Cornelias Anderson was sentenced to 13 years in prison for armed robbery, but because the law enforcement departments file registration error by "forget" execution. In 2013 July, the prison aspects for release procedures for him, only to find that he is not in prison.
Anderson was arrested, but because of his past 13 years life, enthusiastic and law-abiding housekeeping service community, exemplary citizens, widespread public sympathy. The local court ruled this week, 37 year old Anderson without the "repair sit" 13 years in prison.
Anderson escaped from prison, there seems to be no adverse social impact, but in other cases it is not true. In Colorado, the law enforcement departments registration errors that wrong sentence, mistook a prisoner 4 years ahead of the release. Last March, the release of prisoners killed the director of the Colorado State Department of correction of Tom Clements. Governor John Hicken looper shocked, ordered the implementation into thousands of prisoners to correct the error. To oppose the commutation Investigation shows, Lima - Marin discovered early on that court records error, but the chance to not say.
Lima - Ma Lin in 2000 to appeal, but in a few months after the revocation of the appeal, this is a very rare condition. Prosecutors think, this shows that he realized file error, fear appeals court to review the files will cause and correction of errors. For the file data of similar, Lima - Ma Lin partner that will be released in advance. But, he had to appeal to the court, found the volume errors in the review process, the prison term corrections for 98 years.
Arapahoe county area of Colorado state attorney Rich Allman said, Lima - Ma Lin should complete the remaining 90 years in prison, "which involves a number of serious crimes, the commutation is not appropriate, not because of clerical error let him escape the legal punishment".
In the case of robbery, Lima - Ma Lin and associates gun command more than clerk into the inner room, forcing another clerk fell on the ground, then swept away safe cash. This year in April, a judge ruled not to release Lima - Ma Lin. Lima - Ma Lin's wife Jia Siming said her husband has to start with a clean slate, an appeal.