Inmate who was wrongly released says he deserves parole

Willis Reed never should have been released. He was ordered back to prison after it was discovered that a clerk accidentally recorded his 14-year sentence as five years...

From DallasNews

HENDERSON, Texas – Willis Reed’s 11 months in the free world were nothing short of a gift. One he shouldn’t have gotten – even if he did use it well.

Reed served five years in prison for carjacking a man at a Lake Highlands 7-Eleven. After his release, he went on to live a life he’d only imagined: He enrolled in college, bought his first car and got married. Most important, he stayed out of trouble.

But Reed never should have been released. He was ordered back to prison after it was discovered that a clerk accidentally recorded his 14-year sentence as five years.

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