美國警方正在全力追尋該罪犯的下落，並提醒市民如發現可疑情況及時報警。
當地時間10月28日，美國喬治亞州官方消息稱，由於失誤，一名被判終身監禁的強姦犯於上週五被釋放了。當局仍在尋找他的下落。
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Inmate Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, was "released in error" from Rogers State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, at 11:30 am on Friday, officials from the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a press release.
喬治亞州懲教所在一份新聞稿中表示，31歲的囚犯Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez被關押在喬治亞州里茲維爾的羅傑斯州立監獄，週五上午11:30他被“誤放”了。
"The priority of the GDC is apprehending the offender as quickly as possible, and at this time, we have all resources focused on the search," Lori Benoit, a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Corrections told Insider. "As soon as the error was discovered, the GDC immediately put those resources into place."
喬治亞州懲教所發言人Lori Benoit告訴記者：“我們的首要任務是儘快逮捕罪犯，目前我們的所有資源都集中在搜索上。”“發現放錯人後，我們立即調集一切資源來處理這個問題。”
Benoit said officials are following "any and every lead" made available.
Benoit說大家在跟蹤“每一條可用的線索”。
▲ A convicted rapist was accidentally set free from a Georgia prison, and officials are still looking for him (via Insider)
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但Benoit卻沒有提及罪犯到底是怎麼被錯誤釋放的。CBS在報道中點出，這份聲明既沒有說明監獄什麼時候才意識到誤放了一個強姦犯出去，也沒有說明為什麼在誤放三天後才廣而告之。
根據公開記錄顯示，Munoz-Mendez犯有兩項強姦罪和一項嚴重猥褻兒童罪，被判終身監禁，於2015年4月入獄服刑。
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得知他居然因為監獄的失誤被釋放了，當初起訴他的檢察官約翰·沃爾直言自己簡直“目瞪口呆”(dumbfounded)。他說他感到非常氣憤， 受害人的經歷他到現在都還記憶猶新。
"This one was especially bad,” Warr said.
沃爾說：“這起案件尤其惡劣。”
According to Warr, Munoz-Mendez had been living with the pre-teen girl and her family because he was her mother’s live-in boyfriend.
據沃爾回憶，Munoz-Mendez是受害少女母親的同居男友，一直與母女倆生活在一起。
Warr said that in 2010, when the girl was about 10, Munoz-Mendez began to molest her, and then he raped her repeatedly.
2010年，女孩大約10歲時，Munoz-Mendez就開始猥褻她，他還多次強姦她。
"It spanned several years,” Warr said, even though the girl told her mother to make him stop.
沃爾說，儘管女兒曾告訴過母親，希望她能叫他停手，但“這種情形仍持續了好幾年”。
Warr said the mother, at first, said she believed her boyfriend's denials instead of her daughter's complaints. She changed her story after she was charged in the case, pleading guilty to Child Cruelty in the Second Degree, for failing to intervene to save her daughter.
這位母親起初說，她更相信男友，而不是女兒。在她被起訴後，她又改口，承認自己沒有及時介入挽救她的女兒，犯下二級虐待兒童罪。
"Her mother failed to report that to the police, or take any measures to keep her daughter safe from this person in the home."
“她的母親沒有報警，也沒有采取任何措施，來保護她的女兒不受此人的傷害。”
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但是Munoz-Mendez卻一直都抵死不認罪。最終，在受害的女孩親自出庭作證以及醫學證據的支持下，他的罪名才得以成立，被判終身監禁。誰想到剛坐了四年半的牢就被誤放出來了。
沃爾氣憤地表示，把這種危險人物誤放了出來，最起碼要通知提醒一下受害人吧。
Warr says no one from the state notified him, or the girl - now in her teens - or her foster mother, that Munoz-Mendez is out and on the run.
沃爾說，沒有人通知他、如今已十幾歲的女孩、或是她的養母，Munoz-Mendez已經被放出來而且在逃中。
"I saw it on-line" on Monday, on a news site, Warr said. "So, I contacted the foster mother of the victim, immediately, and informed her what was going on. He'd already been out of prison the whole weekend, right?"
他說自己週一在一個新聞網站上看到了，“我在網上得知這一消息。”“我立即聯繫了受害者的養母，告訴她發生了什麼。整個週末他都在監獄外面了，是吧？”
▲ Prosecutor who helped put away convicted rapist: 'It’s incomprehensible' inmate was released by mistake, victim wasn't told (via 11alive.com)
目前美國警方已發出通緝令，呼籲民眾轉發並提供線索。
得知消息的網友紛紛表示不可思議。
怎麼能犯這種錯！天哪，求你們快控制下局勢吧。
是在開玩笑嗎？要粗心大意到什麼程度才能放錯犯人...這種地方應該至少有兩個警衛來確保不會發生這樣的事吧。難以置信！！
我們可能永遠也不知道他是咋被誤放的，因為這可能會啟發到其他人。希望他們能採取措施確保下次不再發生類似失誤。
有人擔心地表示，希望能在他對下一個受害者下毒手之前就把他緝拿歸案。
希望在另一個孩子受傷害之前能抓到他。
希望他對下一個受害者下手前警方就能抓住這個罪犯。把他誤放出去的人得承擔責任。
但也有人質疑，這並不是一起單純的誤放，而是內部有鬼，收受賄賂之後故意為之的。
這種事情怎麼可能發生啊？？聽起來像是有內部人作案。
不是失誤。肯定有人收錢做這事了。喬治亞州懲教所可比你想象的腐敗多了。
你覺得這是真的誤放還是內部人作案？
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