Inmates released early were in for minor offenses

Many of the people released early from Orange County jails on the first day a new law took effect were in for misdemeanors, vehicle code violations and probation violations, public records show
Most of them only had a day or two trimmed from the time they would have served under the old system of one day off for every two days of good behavior.The new state law, which took effect Jan. 25, allows county inmates to reduce their sentences by as much as one day for every day served through additional credits for good behavior and completing other programs.
The names of 309 inmates released early through Feb. 9 were provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Department in response to a request from The Orange County Register. Through Tuesday, the Sheriff's Department had released 401 inmates early, sheriff's officials said.
Orange County was among about 20 counties statewide that decided to apply the law retroactively. That meant inmates earned additional credits for time served before Jan. 25, resulting in the release of 42 Orange County inmates on the day the law took effect.
An analysis of the Jan. 25 releases by the Register shows that most of the 42 had entered jail the same month and were serving short sentences.


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Placer Judge Curry sentences 6th DUI 6 years

Placer County Judge Mark Curry sentenced Peter Joseph Farrell, 43, of Oregon six years in state prison for his 6th DUI conviction.

PLACER COUNTY, CA – A man whose first driving under the influence-related offense involved the death of a Sacramento motorcyclist in 1988 has been sentenced to six years in state prison for a sixth DUI conviction, says the Placer

Besides the Sacramento Driving under the influence related involuntary manslaughter conviction for which he went to prison for just under 3 years, he had DUI offenses in Oregon in 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2005.


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