COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a former Austintown man was not eligible to be released from prison early.

Daniel Staffrey was serving a sentence of 15 to 50 years in prison for sexually and physically assaulting his ex-wife while holding her against her will for three hours in 1995. His sentence took effect in July of 1996.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a Mahoning County Trial Court and the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals wrongfully allowed him to be released from prison early.

According to Court News Ohio, Staffrey appealed his sentence, arguing that he should have received a definite sentence rather than the indefinite sentence he received, citing Senate Bill 2, which replaced indefinite sentences with determinate sentences.

However, this appeal

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