Smiling Wayne Bent
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A judge has ruled that a cult leader should be released from prison early after he was convicted of sex crimes in 2008.
A jury sentenced 74-year-old Wayne Bent to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of lying naked in bed with two teenage girls at his northern New Mexico compound. He was found guilty of one count of criminal sexual contact and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
After he was sentenced, Bent addressed the court.
“With all the respect to the court I won’t be serving anytime in prison expect for maybe a few days,” Wayne said.
Wayne was wrong. He’s been in prison for nearly seven years.
Now, a judge has ruled that Bent be released because he’s been diagnosed with skin cancer. The motion states that Bent needs to be released for “further medical treatment,” but that he’d be on supervised probation.
According to court documents, the judge set Bent’s release date for no later than December 31, 2015. However, Bent remains behind bars.
The New Mexico Corrections Department filed a separate motion asking the court to clarify its ruling.
The motion states NMCD “cannot comply with the simplest interpretation of the court’s amended judgement.”
The corrections department said Bent must appear before a parole board before a decision like that can be reached. According to the corrections department, no such hearing has been scheduled.
However, a hearing has been set in order to clarify the judge’s amended motion to release Bent from prison. That hearing is scheduled for Jan 26, 2016.
Wayne Bent in 2008
Comments from Readers:
outpost: He should serve all of his sentence behind Prison walls. He's a 'baby raper' not an innocent litterer. He's smiling in the photo above. Millions of people have skin cancer and are not child molesters.
Carl Toersbijns: Disorganization, miscommunication is standard procedures between the courts and the DOC - unfortunately, its the DOC that always gets the bad rap as the Judgment and Sentence is often bungled on the judge's side with vague language or language contrary to laws already establishing a set procedure for parole after the time served and omitted in the amendment. Probation is a judge's call but parole is the state's responsibility and nobody walks away from a sentence like this without a parole term on top of the probation cited.
CRIVERA2354: Typical democrat libtard move!
Antoinette: I’m in no way defending this guy, but how can a parole board oversee a judges order!
lowBSdiet: They are probably trying to determine what "supervised probation" means. No one seems to know what that is in New Mexico.
Fluffykittty: In our state that means they are let out to commit more crime.
