Attorney: Otero County prison releases client being held 'unlawfully'
Attorney: Otero County prison releases client being held 'unlawfully' Bethany Freudenthal, Las Cruces Sun-News © Courtesy Otero County prison facility inmates will be fundraising for Relay for Life for Cancer Society of El Paso. LAS CRUCES – A man incarcerated in Otero County Prison Facility is now free, almost a month after a judge ordered his release. Johnny Malone was ordered to be released by Third Judicial District Court Judge Douglas Driggers on Dec. 17. On Monday, attorney Kenneth Stalter, told the Sun-News that Malone, one of his clients, was being held "un...