Defendant in gay sex case released from Kansas jail

[kweerwolf]

(This is a follow-up on the Matthew Limon case that was posted yesterday. For a while late Thursday it looked like he would not be released, but it seems justice has finally prevailed.)

After serving five years in prison, part of a sentence that the Kansas Supreme Court recently ruled was unfair, Matthew Limon is no longer behind bars.

The 23-year-old was released from the Miami County Jail on Thursday evening and will stay with relatives in Deerfield in western Kansas. According to a court affidavit, Limon will work on his aunt and uncle’s farm while the Miami County attorney and the attorney general’s office decide their next moves.

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Miami County Attorney David Miller, who Thursday said he thought the 17-year sentence was correct, has until Nov. 26 to decide whether to file different charges against Limon.

The state attorney general’s office has until late January to decide whether to appeal the ruling. Though Attorney General Phill Kline initially said he had no plans to appeal, Miller said Thursday that had changed.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/13076757.htm

Phuck Fill Kline and his attempts to pander to the bigoted right-wing base with his "flip-flop" on whether he will appeal to the Supreme Court!

[xchrom]

1. free -- but in limbo.

can you say crucify?

[Rowdyboy]

2. This young man has no more business in jail than I do....

Thanks for the update. At least he's temporarily free of this ridiculous miscarriage of justice.

[dickthegrouch]

3. Did you see that he has to attend church on Sundays?

How can an instrument of the state require any such thing?

I think the judge should be impeached for failing to uphold the constitution for imposing such a condition.

I hope he finds the local MCC really quickly.