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>Indian Rights Activist To Be Freed
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>.c The Associated Press
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> COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state today decided to free an Indian rights
>activist imprisoned for breaking his parole by fleeing to New Mexico, where
>the state Supreme Court had once proclaimed him a ``refugee from injustice.''
>
>Timothy ``Little Rock'' Reed was to be released later today to complete his
>remaining parole, said Andrea Dean, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of
>Rehabilitation and Correction. She said the parole period could be as
short as
>six weeks.
>
>A hearing officer, noting Reed, 38, hadn't been in legal trouble in recent
>years and was active in helping the Indian community, concluded that Reed
>would not be a threat to society if released, officials said today.
>
>Reed, who is half Lakota Sioux, had served 10 years of a seven- to 25-year
>prison sentence in Ohio for drug theft and aggravated robbery when he was
>released on parole in 1992.
>
>Shortly before his parole would have ended, he fled to New Mexico in March
>1993, saying Ohio officials threatened to put him back behind bars for
>speaking publicly about prison abuses. He said he feared for his life if
>returned to the Ohio penitentiary.
>
>Reed had faced the possibility of serving up to 15 more years in prison for
>violating parole. He was arrested in New Mexico in 1996, but state courts
>there at first refused to allow his return to Ohio.
>
>``The facts demonstrate conclusively that Ohio's conduct toward Reed was not
>just. Reed is thus not a fugitive from justice. Rather, he is a refugee from
>injustice,'' New Mexico's highest court ruled in 1997.
>
>The U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that the New Mexico court exceeded its
>authority. Reed then went into hiding, but was arrested in Albuquerque
Nov. 20
>and returned to Ohio on Dec. 2.
>
>Dean said Reed will live with his mother in Cincinnati while he completes his
>parole. The living arrangement is part of his supervision.
>
>AP-NY-12-17-98 1315EST
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