By Erik Avanier
WDEF
DALTON, Ga. — According to several prosecutors, many Georgia sex offenders and violent felons are not only receiving early paroles but also pardons.
Whitfield County District Attorney Bert Poston is one of many prosecutors across the state of Georgia speaking out about violent offenders and convicted sexual predators who are being released back onto the street without adequate notification to both the victims or the prosecutors office.
“Either we would not always get notified about parole and other actions or the notification would get to us so late that there was no effective time to respond,” Poston said.
That means victims of sexual assaults and violent crimes are not being notified that their attacker is being paroled early or pardoned. On some occasions, the notification to the DA’s office is arriving after the convicted attacker is back out into society.
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