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Prison Officials Liable for Holding Inmate Past Release Date
Loaded on May 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1993, page 7
Gentry Slone is a Missouri state prisoner. He was sentenced to prison and once in prison his sentencing judge suspended Slone's sentence, effective December 21, 1989, and placed him on probation. The state did not appeal the judges order which then became final and non appealable on December 11, 1989.
Filed under:
Sentencing,
Good Time,
Habeas Corpus,
Wrongful Imprisonment,
Probation,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Missouri.
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