A great example of the lack of CJ knowledge by the media

In class and in the book, we talk about how media personnel are not informed about criminal justice. And this hurts their reporting about crime and criminal justice.

Here is an example from Fox News today:

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  Pitcher's Widow Outraged As Killer Draws a Walk

  Neal Evans, who murdered Atlanta Braves pitcher Dave Shotkoski in 1995, released from jail 10 years early 
  
  
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  Gosh, that would be a tragedy if someone was released from JAIL 10 years early, because it would mean his sentence was negative 9 years.
  
  
  Because a jail sentence can be no longer than 1 year.
  
  Get it? 1 minus 10 = -9.
  
  
  Is there a difference between jail and prison?
  
  
  Clearly, the differences are many AND important. And any student in Introduction to Criminal Justice could tell you all about them.
  
  
  But not the media.
  
  
  Imagine the ignorance that is required to state not only that a murderer was released from jail early, but also to state he was sentenced to jail in the first place!
  
  Oh yeah, and notice the killer is black and the victim is white. Does that have anything to do with the outrage?