A sex offender from the United States serving 24 years for sex crimes against juveniles has been granted parole in American Samoa.
Court documents show James Glenn Barlow was granted parole on the 20th of last month having served one third of his sentence.
Barlow was convicted of sex crimes against three juveniles males.
He is required to serve the entire duration of his parole outised of American Samoa and is understood to have been flown out of the territory over the weekend.
Barlow is required to register as a sex offender in California where he is initially headed and in any other state he chooses to live in.
Police headquarters in American Samoa. Photo: Supplied
If he returns to American Samoa at anytime he will be re-arrested and forced to serve out the remainder of his 24 year sentence.
According to his attorneys, Barlow is now located in California where he can receive the medical care he so desperately needs.
Meanwhile, Barlow has a civil rights lawsuit currently pending against the American Samoa Government in the High Court of American Samoa.
He has a separate petition before the federal court in Washington D.C challenging various components of his trial in the High Court.
He argued that the trial violated his rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.