Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, booked into county jail

A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines.
Justin Ross Harris listens during his trial at the Glynn County Courthouse, Oct. 3, 2016, in Brunswick, Ga. Georgia prison records show Harris was released from Macon State Prison on Father's Day, Sunday, June 16, 2024, 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool, File)

A father from Georgia has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder.

Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday — Father’s Day — from the Macon State Prison, Georgia Department of Corrections records show. He began serving his sentence on Dec. 6, 2016.

After he was released from the prison system, he was booked into Cobb County’s jail later Sunday, jail records show. He could serve the remaining two years of his sentences in the county jail, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.