Alabama veteran fights parole revocation due to state error washingtontimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtontimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole in September granted Lett a rare early parole, which Lett has closely adhered to in the months since his release.
But the state said they erred in setting Lett s hearing after a 2019 change in parole laws. Lett s early parole consideration date was set for 2020 when he was first sentenced for cocaine trafficking in 2018.
Lett is expected to report for arrest on Friday morning. The parole board issued a warrant for Sgt. Lett’s arrest immediately after the hearing, said Hannah Riley, communications director for the Southern Center for Human Rights, which represented Lett in his parole case. He will be taken into custody tomorrow morning his birthday.
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Jerry Lett, ailing, paroled Alabama veteran, ordered back to prison because of state mistake
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A Houston County man paroled in September is now being ordered to be taken back into custody after the state Board of Pardons and Paroles said Thursday it made a mistake when it paroled Jerry Lamar Lett.
But advocates said Lett, a military veteran who turns 53 on Friday, has been a model citizen and has been complying with the terms of his parole and called rescinding his parole a “miscarriage of justice.”
Lett, of Kinsey in Houston County, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of trafficking cocaine in 2018.
Parole revoked, warrant issued for Alabama veteran after state released him from prison in error msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.