The U.S. Sun reports former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts is free after 90 days in custody, despite prosecutors initially seeking 17 years. Roberts, 44, walked free Monday after serving the full custodial term, the newspaper reported. She had been found guilty in March of statutory rape and indecent behavior with a minor. The case involved […] The post U.S. Sun: Former Louisiana mayor Misty Roberts released after 90-day term appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. Sun reports former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts is free after 90 days in custody, despite prosecutors initially seeking 17 years. Roberts, 44, walked free Monday after serving the full custodial term, the newspaper reported. She had been found guilty in March of statutory rape and indecent behavior with a minor. The case involved a 16-year-old friend of Roberts’s son. Prosecutors sought 17 years behind bars, but the judge imposed 90 days in custody and two suspended five-year sentences. The sentence also requires therapy, regular drug and alcohol testing, and registration as a Tier 1 sex offender. Roberts must avoid the teenager and his family. The Sun said the conduct occurred during a 2024 pool party. Roberts supplied alcohol,…Open
Ronald Exantus, who fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton during a 2015 home invasion, has been released from Kentucky state custody after sentence credits cut years from his prison term, and the boy's father says the system handed his family a life sentence instead. Exantus walked out of Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on July 29 […] The post Man who killed sleeping Kentucky 6-year-old walks free after sentence credits shaved nearly nine years off his time appeared first on American Almanac .
Ronald Exantus, who fatally stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton during a 2015 home invasion, has been released from Kentucky state custody after sentence credits cut years from his prison term, and the boy's father says the system handed his family a life sentence instead. Exantus walked out of Kentucky Department of Corrections custody on July 29 after serving 11 years, nine months, and 18 days. Prosecutors said he received nearly nine years of sentence credit under Kentucky law, accelerating a release that the victim's family, the state attorney general, and two state lawmakers have all called a failure of the justice system. The department confirmed the release in a statement to Fox News Digital : "Ronald Exantus has served the sentence…Open
Christa Daily has a history of granting outrageous plea deals and letting convicted sex offenders off with light punishments and little to no jail time.
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