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The computer problem that resulted in wrong prison sentence in child torture case

Bond denied for suspect while awaiting hearing to withdraw guilty plea

Scott Shelby sits in Hall County Superior Court Monday Aug. 22, 2022, for a hearing about bond and matters related to his sentence. Shelby was sentenced to prison for life in July for what prosecutors called "child torture." - photo by Scott Rogers

08232022 SHELBY 3.jpg — Scott Shelby sits in Hall County Superior Court Monday Aug. 22, 2022, for a hearing about bond and matters related to his sentence. Shelby was sentenced to prison for life in July for what prosecutors called "child torture." - photo by Scott Rogers

Scott Shelby, 47, pleaded guilty in June to multiple counts of child molestation and child cruelty in a case described by the prosecution as “child torture.”