Rupert_Baehr Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Anyway re the OP what do you expect from a system that sentences a man to death and then virtually lets him serve a life sentence before carrying out the original sentence. Not a lot. New Mexico doesn't have the death penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 BLIMEY! This poor bloke has had a couple of rubbish years, but he made £12 million out of it. "A US jury has awarded a man $22m (£12m) after he was kept in solitary confinement without trial for nearly two years over an alleged drink driving offence. Stephen Slevin, 58, was arrested in August 2005 in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. He was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, aggravated driving while under the influence, driving with a suspended licence, possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and improper use of registration. But his case was not resolved until June 2007, when it was dismissed without prejudice after a district judge found him "incompetent and not dangerous". Mr Slevin's lawyer said his client had been kept in virtual "false imprisonment" and been left to "decay" in jail. During his incarceration, he says, he was even forced to pull out his own tooth after he was refused a visit to a dentist." Not that he had a choice, but it got me thinking: If I DID have the choice, would I spend 2 years neglected in solitary confinement if there was a guaranteed £12 million at the end? I'm still thinking it over, what would you do? Thousands of prisoners of war went through much worse and got sod all at the end of it but I wouldn't give up two years of the life I have, but if my life was crap anyway it would be worth it. It can’t be any worse than being homeless and trying to survive in the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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