WASHINGTON (TNND) — A man in Kentucky who stabbed a child was released from prison early due to “good behavior,” but was re-arrested for violating his parole.
Ronald Exantus, 42, was given 20 years in prison after he broke into a house in Kentucky and killed six-year-old Logan Tipton by stabbing him to death.
He pleaded insanity and wasn’t found guilty of murder, but was convicted on assault charges after he stabbed other family members, according to the New York Post.
Exantus got out of prison after serving just nine years of his 20-year sentence, but was arrested again earlier this year in Florida after being released due to not registering as a convicted felon with the local sheriff’s office.
This incident has resulted in lawmakers and the family calling for reform with supervision laws when criminals get let out for good behavior.
“Anecdotally speaking, I’ve seen people get good time credit for learning to play guitar — it was considered an educational credit which reduced the time of their sentence,” Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Association president Ronnie Bowling said during a local TV interview.
State Rep. Jason Nemes is attempting to introduce legislation to have those found guilty of a crime due to insanity, to go to a mental health clinic.
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“We need to make sure that we clean it up to say that if the jury finds that you committed the crime, but that you can’t be held responsible and go to prison because of your you were insane at the time, which by the way we need to limit in and of itself,” he said in an interview with local media. “But if the jury makes that finding, then you can’t go back out in our communities immediately. You have to go somewhere.”