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Music Producer Whose Long Sentence Drew Outcry Is Free Early
Source: Associated Press
Music Producer Whose Long Sentence Drew Outcry Is Free Early
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - SALT LAKE CITY — Jun 4, 2016, 1:52 PM ET
A Utah music producer whose 55-year prison sentence on drug charges drew national outcry has been released early.
Thirty-six-year-old Weldon Angelos was freed Tuesday. He says he kept his release quiet for a few days because he wanted to spend time with his three teenage children, who were much younger when he was sentenced in 2004.
His lawyer, Mark W. Osler, told The Washington Post that he credited a Utah prosecutor for granting mercy.
Angelos was convicted of bringing guns along when he sold marijuana three times to an informant.
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS - SALT LAKE CITY — Jun 4, 2016, 1:52 PM ET
A Utah music producer whose 55-year prison sentence on drug charges drew national outcry has been released early.
Thirty-six-year-old Weldon Angelos was freed Tuesday. He says he kept his release quiet for a few days because he wanted to spend time with his three teenage children, who were much younger when he was sentenced in 2004.
His lawyer, Mark W. Osler, told The Washington Post that he credited a Utah prosecutor for granting mercy.
Angelos was convicted of bringing guns along when he sold marijuana three times to an informant.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/music-producer-long-sentence-drew-outcry-free-early-39611544