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Mistaken Release Still Escape If You Do Not Turn Yourself In

The federal escape statute applies to prisoners who fail to turn themselves in after being mistakenly released, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided December 27, 2010.

Lonzell Gowdy was mistakenly released by Alabama prison officials. Gowdy had a federal sentence to serve after his Alabama sentence, ...

 

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