January 17, 2012
Oft-released nonviolent offender now accused in mail-theft ring
The accused woman at the center of a recently busted fraud and mail-theft ring has spent the last decade in and out of prison for forging checks.
Tracy Lynn Cross benefited from a state law that allows people who are convicted of less serious, nonviolent crimes to receive one day credit for each day in prison.
As California struggles to reduce its prison population, Cross is just the kind of person who public safety officials talk reassuringly about releasing — a nonviolent offender...
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