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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Ind. Courts - "Defendant will serve prison time under credit restriction, a recent Indiana law that states certain crimes can't receive the usual time off for good behavior"
James D. Wolf Jr. reports in the Gary Post-Tribune, in a story that begins:
VALPARAISO -- A man who moved from Georgia to Portage to live with a single mother he met on the Internet received an 18-year sentence for child molesting, plus another 18 years of probation after that.Christopher C. Carmon, also known as Christopher C. Wessels, 41, will serve prison time under credit restriction, a recent Indiana law that states certain crimes can't receive the usual time off for good behavior, which could be 50 percent. Those under it must serve about 85 percent of their time at least.
"Our (Indiana) Supreme Court says the maximum sentence is to be saved for the worst of the worst. In my over 20 years on the bench, this comes close to the worst," Judge Roger Bradford said before imposing the sentence Monday.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 18, 2009 11:14 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts