In the real world, sentences mean absolutely nothing.
The judge said 2 1/2 years to make the family and everyone happy.
Here is just one of hundreds of examples of how convicts like Cruz can apply for and be granted reductions in the amount of time they serve using the programs that our government has put in place for them;
Sex offender slated for early release
The judge said 2 1/2 years to make the family and everyone happy.
Here is just one of hundreds of examples of how convicts like Cruz can apply for and be granted reductions in the amount of time they serve using the programs that our government has put in place for them;
Sex offender slated for early release
News of the early release upset Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford, who recently "vehemently" denied a request to allow Vincent Angotti, 48, to be released as soon as Feb. 8 into a community transition program.
Bradford said he realized when he sentenced Angotti in March 2008 to 18 years behind bars and 10 years of formal probation, the defendant could be out in half that time with good behavior. That put Angotti's initial release date at March 4, 2017.
"How he can qualify for any type of release in less than five years from his sentencing date on an 18-year sentence defies logic," Bradford wrote in his denial of the community transition program.
Also upset by the news is a mother of one of the young victims, who said her family had agreed to the original plea deal that resulted in Angotti's conviction.
"This is NOT what we bargained for ... we are very disappointed that he will be serving less than half of the 9 years," she wrote in a statement requested by The Times.
Angotti is doing to the judicial system what he did to at least 2 families ... all the while laughing and knowing he's getting away with it," she said. "What a horrible message this is sending out to all the other silent victims."
Douglas Garrison, chief communications officer at the Indiana Department of Correction, said Angotti has received three years and nine months of credit off his sentence by completing various educational programs at the New Castle Correctional Facility.
Angotti received 730 days off his sentence by completing a bachelor's degree in general studies, 365 days by completing an associate's degree in general arts, 180 days by completing four substance abuse programs and 90 days for a vocational horticulture program.
"This offender has maintained a clear conduct record during his incarceration," Garrison said.