Court Affirms Wipe Out of Inmate’s 15 Years of Good-Time Credit

An Indiana inmate, who was serving 55 years in prison for murder but lost all 15 years of his good time credit when he punched a guard in the face several times, is stuck with his punishment, a fragmented US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said.

Judge David F. Hamilton in dissent called the sanction “literally unprecedented by a factor of ten.”

Inmate Tony Love was convicted of battery in state court for punching the guard and had an additional four and a half years added to his sentence. The Indiana Department of Corrections then revoked all of ...