• .Donuts@lemmy.world
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    Pollard pleaded guilty to attempted murder and burglary in 2022 and was sentenced to a 20-year split sentence, with five to be served in jail or prison, according to his arrest records. He was released on probation in May 2024, according to a spokesperson from the Alabama Department of Corrections.

    So wait, after he murdered his cellmate he was still released on probation? What the fuck Alabama?

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      It seems like the alleged murder of his cellmate took place in October, so he must have been rearrested at some point

      Also, general point of clarification - In general in the United States, jail is where you go before you are convicted of a crime (assuming you don’t get bail), prison is where you go after conviction. I believe this alleged murder took place in a jail cell, after Pollard was released from prison.

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    Why would you put a 70-something and a 20-something in the same cell? The physical imbalance is obvious.