This is a good news for CNN news
A man walked out of prison 13 years ago thinking he was free. The feds say he owes 16 months
By Steve Almasy and Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Updated at 0751 GMT (1551 HKT) March 29, 2019
02:24
Steve Bannon predicts 'very vitriolic' year
04:06
Interior Dept. approved oil, gas permits during shutdown
02:37
CNN poll: 56% say Trump not exonerated by Mueller summary
04:40
Watch chaos in Parliament after Brexit votes fail
02:01
Comey: Trump answer possibly 'obstruction of justice'
01:07
Pope Francis avoids letting people kiss his papal ring
01:04
Trump on Venezuela: Russia has to get out
01:43
AOC goes off after critics mock Green New Deal
03:02
Buttigieg discusses a possible presidential first
01:01
Anderson: I still have faith in the judicial system
01:38
Osundairo brothers' attorney 'baffled' by dropped charges
00:49
Retired detective speaks out on 20-year-old cold case
01:26
Passengers get cold shoulder as budget airline shuts down
02:53
DeVos proposes $18 million in cuts to Special Olympics
01:35
Trump: Mueller probe was 'attempted takeover' of government
02:23
Booker: Would consider expunging records for pot offenders
03:45
Congressman to Pompeo: What's to like about Kim Jong Un?
02:24
Steve Bannon predicts 'very vitriolic' year
04:06
Interior Dept. approved oil, gas permits during shutdown
02:37
CNN poll: 56% say Trump not exonerated by Mueller summary
04:40
Watch chaos in Parliament after Brexit votes fail
02:01
Comey: Trump answer possibly 'obstruction of justice'
01:07
Pope Francis avoids letting people kiss his papal ring
01:04
Trump on Venezuela: Russia has to get out
01:43
AOC goes off after critics mock Green New Deal
03:02
Buttigieg discusses a possible presidential first
01:01
Anderson: I still have faith in the judicial system
01:38
Osundairo brothers' attorney 'baffled' by dropped charges
00:49
Retired detective speaks out on 20-year-old cold case
01:26
Passengers get cold shoulder as budget airline shuts down
02:53
DeVos proposes $18 million in cuts to Special Olympics
01:35
Trump: Mueller probe was 'attempted takeover' of government
02:23
Booker: Would consider expunging records for pot offenders
03:45
Congressman to Pompeo: What's to like about Kim Jong Un?
(CNN) — Demetrius Anderson walked out of a Connecticut state prison in 2006 thinking he was ready to leave behind his criminal past and build a new life as an upstanding citizen.
The Philadelphia native stayed in Connecticut and stayed out of trouble. He has two jobs, lives in a nice apartment and belongs to a church.
But last week, eight US Marshals came to his home. He was certain they were after the wrong person. He hadn't committed a crime in more than 13 years. They insisted he come with them to court because he still had a 16-month federal sentence to serve for crimes he committed in Philadelphia.
Anderson thought his state sentence was concurrent to his federal one. And when he got out of prison early, there were no federal officials to transfer him to another facility.
He went out and got a job, reported to his parole officer, and lived a crime-free life.
But during an internal audit, federal marshals reportedly discovered Anderson never served prison time for his federal charge. They asked a Pennsylvania judge to issue a warrant for his detention.
'Cruel and unusual punishment,' lawyer says
Michael Dolan of the Dolan Law Firm in New Haven helped get Anderson released the day the marshals detained him, and he has been working with federal public defenders to keep his client from going to prison again.
"I certainly think it is cruel and unusual punishment," Dolan said Thursday.
Anderson was first held in Connecticut, but in 2004 was sent to Pennsylvania where he was locked up while awaiting his federal trial on charges involving counterfeit money. After he was sentenced in 2005, he was transferred back to Connecticut where he pleaded guilty to forgery charges and other counts. The judge said the sentences would run concurrently, Dolan said.
"The department of corrections will do a warrant check, a detainer check," Dolan told CNN's Don Lemon. "We presume that that was done back in 2006."
"I can't speak to why they went back that far or why this wasn't caught earlier," he said.
Dolan said he's never seen a case like this. He wants to talk to the US Bureau of Prisons about a legal principle involving sentencing credit for "time erroneously at liberty." It is usually applied to convicted people who are not taken to prison right away or mistakenly released from prison.
'It's scary, I'm scared. It's bleak, it's dark ...'
The worst case scenario is a federal judge will send Anderson to prison next week.
"He's really a fragile guy right now," Dolan said.
Anderson and Dolan told Lemon that Anderson's brother murdered his parents in 2016. The trauma of the murders, Anderson said, has led him to go to therapy and made the thought of federal prison even worse.
"It's scary, I'm scared. It's bleak, it's dark; I can't imagine it. I don't think I could handle it considering what I'm going through," he said.
Anderson is in the process of filing a request to President Donald Trump for commutation of his sentence.
"I'm at the mercy of the President right now to help fix this," he said. "I still have faith in the judicial system that they could rectify it.
PAID CONTENT
Here's How To…Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Our roundup of…DHL
Comments
Post a Comment