Friday, July 30, 2010
Accused Murderer On Home Confinement
WEST VIRGINIA....
When accused murderer 60 year old James Downey of St. Albans was released to home confinement this week, the family of his daughter's boyfriend, 27 year old Brandon Hall expressed anger. Harry Carpenter, head of Kanawha County's home confinement program, says there are about 189 to 200 people under his watch at any given time, and sometimes they are alleged killers. Until the mid-1990s, those charged with violent crimes weren't eligible for home confinement, but the legislature changed that, as long as the accused didn't live with the person they were charged with harming. Downey has no criminal record, a long and stable work history and an honorable military record before allegedly fatally shooting Hall. He was released on a $100,000 property bond.
When accused murderer 60 year old James Downey of St. Albans was released to home confinement this week, the family of his daughter's boyfriend, 27 year old Brandon Hall expressed anger. Harry Carpenter, head of Kanawha County's home confinement program, says there are about 189 to 200 people under his watch at any given time, and sometimes they are alleged killers. Until the mid-1990s, those charged with violent crimes weren't eligible for home confinement, but the legislature changed that, as long as the accused didn't live with the person they were charged with harming. Downey has no criminal record, a long and stable work history and an honorable military record before allegedly fatally shooting Hall. He was released on a $100,000 property bond.
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