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Coffman, texas tonight. just into fox news word that the suspect once wrote that he fantasized about killing prison staff. the associated press is reporting in the last few minutes that evan ebil wrote that in a letter in 2006. seven years later he apparently made his twisted fantasy a reality by shooting the prison chief. we also reported ebil was supposed to be behind bars. i mentioned that at the top of the newscast. the details are crushing for the victims' families. colorado's department of corrections now admits it released evan ebil years ahead of schedule because of a paperwork error. ...

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Ebel was supposed to serve more time for punching a prison guard, but they weren't clear that it was consecutive, in other words, after the one he was serving. >> i am confident that they will fix the problem going forward and that it won't happen again, and i think it's probably worth the effort to go back and make sure we don't have any other cases out there where this problem has occurred before. >> ebel is linked to the murder of colorado prison chief tom clements and a pizza delivery driver last month. he was killed in a shoot-out with police in texas two weeks ago. we're also following...

>> absolutely. >> 31 minutes after the hour. 6,000 lives lost in syria's brutal civil war in the month of march alone. the opposition says that is the deadliest month since the civil war erupted a little more than two years ago. cnn cannot independently verify these numbers, and the tally does not include people who are held in detention centers or people who have been kidnapped by the rebels. their fates unknown. the man accused of fatally shooting colorado's prison chief last month, he wasn't even supposed to be out of jail. court officials say evan ebel was released four years early becau...

Because of a courtroom -- rather, four years early because of a courtroom clerical error. ebel was freed in january, two weeks ago he apparently killed the prison chief and then died in a gun fight with police in texas. aurora theater shooting suspect james holmes will face the death penalty if convicted. prosecutors in colorado announced their decision during a hearing yesterday. they turned down an offer by holmes to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison. defense lawyers say they will not be ready for trial until early next year. holmes' mental health is expected to be a key issue. ...