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Torres: Florida and court ignore parole mistake and deny Crosley Green...again
This happened in the small town I grew up in in Florida. I was in college at the time. 48 Hours did a story on it a couple of years ago. This article today broke my heart.
by John Torres
Florida Today
It would feel wrong for the state of Florida to do the right thing in Crosley Green's case at this point.
In for a penny, in for a pound, right?
Even if the state truly believed Green is guilty of killing Charles "Chip" Flynn in 1989, even if the powers-that-be convinced themselves that Green received a fair trial and prosecutors didn't cheat, even if they feel the 33-plus years Green has spent in prison is not enough, it still takes pretty big cojones to say they shouldn't fix a mistake regarding his parole date due to a technicality.
And cojones they have indeed. And to no one's surprise, a court in the second judicial circuit late last week ruled in the state's favor.
What does this mean? It means the court ruled that the Florida Commission on Offender Review does not have to reset Crosley Green’s eligible parole date or correct a miscalculation that arbitrarily added more than 40 years to his imprisonment.
Florida Today
It would feel wrong for the state of Florida to do the right thing in Crosley Green's case at this point.
In for a penny, in for a pound, right?
Even if the state truly believed Green is guilty of killing Charles "Chip" Flynn in 1989, even if the powers-that-be convinced themselves that Green received a fair trial and prosecutors didn't cheat, even if they feel the 33-plus years Green has spent in prison is not enough, it still takes pretty big cojones to say they shouldn't fix a mistake regarding his parole date due to a technicality.
And cojones they have indeed. And to no one's surprise, a court in the second judicial circuit late last week ruled in the state's favor.
What does this mean? It means the court ruled that the Florida Commission on Offender Review does not have to reset Crosley Green’s eligible parole date or correct a miscalculation that arbitrarily added more than 40 years to his imprisonment.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/john-a-torres/2024/08/07/florida-man-crosley-green-court-justice-parole-date-commission-state/74695727007/?utm_source=pbre-DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=Content%20List%20-%20Stacking%20-%20optimized&utm_content=1028FT-E-NLETTER65