Most jailbreaks end in failure and Joseph Spring is no exception. Spring pleaded guilty to grand larceny, felon in possession of a firearm, and escape last Tuesday in Hinds County Circuit Court.
Spring broke out of the Raymond Detention Center on May 22 and managed to stay on the lam until federal marshals captured him on June 17. His mother and two others were arrested for helping his avoid capture.
Hinds County District Judge Faye Peterson sentenced him to serve five years in prison for all convictions. He will serve the sentences concurrently. However, Spring will probably qualify for release after serving 50% of his sentence.
8 comments:
Soooo 2.5 years for is new and old offenses? What a joke. bet he’ll release himself on his own recognizance again!
There are a lot of things wrong here. First this doesn’t even look like the photo that Hinds County posted when he escaped. We didn’t know about his escape until much later. A group of people were assisting him. The tats mean something, more than likely Simon City Royals. And finally, it took the Feds to capture him. Hinds county has the highest taxes in the state and this is where we are folks. The HCSO is not performing their duties and is it because they don’t have funding? Are the supervisors withholding money for some reason? I agree with one of current supervisors to place armed guards at the jail on the outside like a prison. It seems that’s the best deterrent at the present time and shoot the escapees. After a while this will stop. Now look how much money it took to get this person back under lock and key and all he has to serve is 2 years. The “good” citizens ( and there are a lot of us ) of Hinds deserve better. Those who like the lawlessness can live in Jackson for all I care. As I see the political signs of those running for public offices in the upcoming elections posted all over the roadways it just keeps me thinking that it’s not getting any better.
Not bad kill someone in Hinds County be in 5-10 depending on who the victim is, I mean was.
I hope he was able to spend his freedom on the Gulf Coast. He looks like a well adjusted, we educated, member of our sophisticated Mississippi society.
His picture and life are the reason Mississippi is so conflicted on the issue of terminating an unwanted pregnancy.
Five years with (maybe) 2.5 to serve? No mention of the sentence he was 'serving' when he took the sabbatical? Did it disappear when HE did?
No parole for escapees- I think he does 5 years day for day
Think he needs to serve out the time for the original crime(s).
Article 1 - IN GENERAL
§ 97-9-49 - Escape of prisoners; penalties for convicts in jail and persons under arrest or custody; willful failure to return to jail after being entrusted to leave
Universal Citation: MS Code § 97-9-49 (2013)
(1) (a) Whoever escapes or attempts by force or violence to escape from any jail in which he is confined, or from any custody under or by virtue of any process issued under the laws of the State of Mississippi by any court or judge, or from the custody of a sheriff or other peace officer pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, upon conviction, if the confinement or custody is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of a felony, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years to commence at the expiration of his former sentence, or, if the confinement or custody is by virtue of an arrest of or charge for or conviction of a misdemeanor, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year to commence at the expiration of the sentence which the court has imposed or which may be imposed for the crime for which he is charged.
(b) Whoever escapes or attempts by force or violence to escape from any confinement for contempt of court, shall, upon conviction, be found guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced to imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months in the county jail.
(2) Anyone confined in any jail who is entrusted by any authorized person to leave the jail for any purpose and who willfully fails to return to the jail within the stipulated time, or after the accomplishment of the purpose for which he was entrusted to leave, shall be an escapee and shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (1).
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