Parole revoked, warrant issued for Alabama veteran after state released him from prison in error

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/crime/2021/04/01/alabama-revokes-jerry-letts-parole-over-their-own-error/4837236001/

The Alabama parole board on Thursday voided the parole of Jerry Lett, sending the 52-year-old veteran back to prison despite his full compliance with parole conditions.

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.

[Solly Mack]

1. Well, that's fucked up.

So many avenues of address on why that is so fucked up.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. It's heartbreaking. It's also an excellent example of how the system exists to serve itself.

[Solly Mack]

3. And the cogs - the lying, self-serving, always hiding their actions behind the law cogs.

Make the law, enforce the law, hide behind the law and, somehow, it's never their fault. It can't be helped. Their hands are tied. The law is the law. Like law magically fell down from the sky and came into being.

Yes, it is heartbreaking. It's also anger inducing.

[Celerity]

4. A judge has stopped it, for now

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/news/montgomery/2021/04/parolee-jerry-lett-granted-temporary-reprieve-from-going-back-into-custody-from-state-mistake.html%3foutputType=amp