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FL - Sex offender finally released

View the article here 02/22/2009 By Paul Pinkham Florida Supreme Court rules he served his time, and much more For nine years, _____ told anyone who'd listen that he didn't belong behind bars. The 50-year-old Jacksonville sex offender complained to guards, cops, reporters and the courts that he'd completed his sentence more than a decade ago. His complaints mostly fell on deaf ears. But three weeks ago the Florida Supreme Court ruled 4-1 that _____ was right all along. The justices ordered him released immediately from the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia, where he was held the past four years. "Ultimately what it boiled down to is Todd was in prison unlawfully," said former Assistant Public Defender Ward Metzger, who argued _____'s appeal before the Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).