News
2005-11-04
Limon's attorney
asks for his release
Matthew Limon was
scheduled to be in Miami, Kan., County district court
less than a week after the Kansas supreme court ruled in his
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Matthew Limon was
scheduled to be in Miami, Kan., County district court
less than a week after the Kansas supreme court ruled in his
landmark case that the state can't punish underage sex
more harshly if it involves homosexual acts. Court
officials said Limon was set to appear before Judge
Richard Smith at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
His attorney, Paige Nichols of Lawrence, said
last week that she would ask the judge to release
Limon from Ellsworth Correctional Facility pending
further action by the state. Nichols didn't return phone
calls Wednesday seeking comment.
Limon has been in prison since 2000, serving a
sentence of 17 years and two months for performing a
sex act on a 14-year-old boy. Had one of the two
participants been a girl, Limon, then 18, would have
faced only 15 months behind bars under a special
"Romeo and Juliet" law allowing lighter punishment for
heterosexual teenage sex. (AP)
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