Before and After: See the Man Given $22M for Two Years of Solitary Confinement Without a Trial
- Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:13pm by
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A New Mexico man has been awarded $22 million this week after it was found his constitutional rights were violated when he was held in solitary confinement for two years and even had to yank his own rotting tooth out of his mouth.
Stephen Slevin, 58, from New Mexico, as reported by the Daily Mail, received the huge 10-figure sum after bringing accusations against Dona Ana County jail for leaving him to rot after he was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
Authorities didn’t give him the healthcare he needed and throughout his incarceration treated him inhumanely. Albuquerque civil rights attorney Matthew Coyte said his client then began to deteriorate while in isolation, according to CNN:
“They threw him in solitary and then ignored him,” said Coyte. “He disappeared into delirium, and his mental illness was made worse by being isolated from human contact and a lack of medical care.”
While standing outside the Santa Fe courthouse earlier this week, Mr. Slevin told reporters that the real point of his lawsuit was raising awareness about such inhumane treatment and trying to ensure that such an egregious breech of state power would not reoccur.
While he is out from his cell now, Slevin still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the mental and physical mistreatment corrections officers in New Mexico inflicted upon him.
MSNBC has more:
Slevin put his confinement in stark terms.
“Prison officials were walking by me every day, watching me deteriorate. Day after day after day, they did nothing, nothing at all, to get me any help,” he said.
The 58-year-old was arrested in August 2005 and charged with driving while intoxicated and receiving a stolen vehicle near Las Cruces.
Civil rights attorney Matthew Coyte view it as a victory for basic Constitutional rights. “It‘s not good for Mr Slevin for sure and it’s not good for this country. It has to stop,” he said.
(h/t Daily Mail)
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Comments (263)
AmbroseTurdside
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:49pmI know exactely how this guy feels, however, I‘m only beginning my second year of marriage and there’s no cash prize at the end of it.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:07pmSad! I’ll be soon coming up on my 31st year of marriage (in Feb.) and I wouldn’t trade my husband for the world! He’s the BEST!
Must suck to be you. :-(
Report Post »flatdaddio
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:18pmlmao
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:23pmIf I were this guy I’d get my teeth fixed and leave America forever …
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:40pmsign me up. For that kind of money, I can hang out anywhere for two years.
Report Post »Kolchack
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:42pmlmao!
Report Post »Ken
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:45pmI wouldn’t leave America, but I’d sure as hell leave New Mexico!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:49pmI hope your wife doesn’t read the Blaze bud. Good luck.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:49pmMy constitutional rights are trampled on every day by government officials but no cash. I’ll bet the lawyers got 20 million and their private doctors got the remainder. This guy was robbed the second time legally.
Report Post »eric6161
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:50pmI can‘t imagine what it’s like to be so insecure that you‘d marry a woman you don’t even like. It must have been for sex since you‘d have known when you asked her to marry you that you hadn’t really loved her. I have an acquaintance who is extremely overweight and he’d marry anyone that would give him the time of day. I‘m sure he’ll find someone else who is desperate and then he too will feel like you do.
I‘m sure happy I’ve got a great wife. It makes life wonderful.
Report Post »Yeah_Buddy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:51pmThat comes out to $11 million a year. Not bad for a 2-year DWI gig.
I bet they get better care at GITMO. I bet Holder’s gonna sue New Mexico..oh wait..this guys white…never mind.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:27pm@AmbroseTurdside
I think your joke ruffled a few feathers. do not tell any mother in law jokes, or they may look to tar and feather you.
Report Post »ItsDaPlumber
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:44pmYou guys are freakin pathetic! The original poster was cracking a JOKE!!! Ya know, the one where the guy is married and his lovely wife turned into a nag. To reply and and and and and say stuff like “oh i feel bad for you, my husband loves me, Bla bla bla…..Trust me sweety, given the right opportunity, no man is faithful (same goes with women). The original post wasn’t meant for a reply, Just silly humor. Relax everybody.
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:44pmI’ll offer my services as a financial consultant to this guy. I’m not certified but I can help him spend his money.
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:58pmThanks to our great leaders in congress BHO can now legally do this to anyone he wants. Just think all he needs to do is declare the Tea Party a terrorist organization and next thing you know, they’re all rounded up and put into concentration camps just like that great leader FDR did to the American Japanese!! I have dibs on the upper bunk!!
Report Post »Eaglesnest
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:13pmI thought your joke was funny, some people need to lighten up a little bit. IT WAS A JOKE, PEOPLE!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:49pmGot to be more to this story.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:25pmThis is the kind of power congress just gave Obama! Detention without representation! what’s wrong with this song? http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
Report Post »STF1961
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:38pmI too am coming up on 31 years of BLISS with my High School Sweetheart and my Best Friend in the world. It’s sad to think that the officials just left this dude to rot in a cell. Shame on them.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:16pmDon’t you people know what a joke is? This is a joke!!! relax
AMBROSETURDSIDE
Report Post »Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:49pm
I know exactely how this guy feels, however, I‘m only beginning my second year of marriage and there’s no cash prize at the end of it.
The-Monk
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:19pmI heard that after beiing set free and seeing what Obama and crew has done to America he asked to be put back in solitary {:>)== (those are chin whiskers)
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:41pm@Treaty
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:44pm
I’ll offer my services as a financial consultant to this guy. I’m not certified but I can help him spend his money.
Report Post »***
That’s EXACTLY why so many people WIN THE LOTTERY AND HAVE TO GO ON WELFARE A YEAR LATER!!!
sodacrackers2
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:11pmMaybe, just maybe, Ambrose, she doesn’t appreciate your last name! Or, perish the thought, your personality!
Report Post »dnnyshdy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:39pmDamn,I’d do 2 yrs for $22
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:44pmWhen ur wife makes u start pulling ur teeth out it’s time 2 leave.
Report Post »1PORattler
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:26pmGood grief. I do not know which is more disturbing. This guy being denied his constitutional rights[Even though I think he is a dirtbag given the stolen car etc] or the fact that some of those responding to the joke about the guys wife are wound up so tight they could swallow a lump of coal and pinch off a diamond…
Good grief folks. Lighten up. It is just a joke
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:49pm$22mill should be just enough to cover the haircut expense and have enough left over for a tip.
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:59pmwow you guys dont know what humor is. The man never said he hates his wife. He was poking fun at marriage. Lighten up a little would you
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 2:40amThis story is one of the reasons the Second Amendment was written.
See here.
Federalist Papers #84
http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa84.htm
“The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact, or, in other words, the subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done, were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny. The observations of the judicious Blackstone, in reference to the latter, are well worthy of recital: “To bereave a man of life, [says he] or by violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole nation; but confinement of the person, by secretly hurrying him to jail, where his sufferings are unknown or forgotten, is a less public, a less striking, and therefore a more dangerous engine of arbitrary government.” And as a remedy for this fatal evil he is everywhere peculiarly emphatical in his encomiums on the habeas corpus act, which in one place he calls “the BULWARK of the British Constitution.”"
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 4:37amPeachy,
Report Post »My wife would beg to differ with you on who’s the best husband!! :)
ShawnB
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:23amHahahah youre comment is more interesting than this story.
Report Post »Ross
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:34am@AMBRO
Thats funny I don’t care who you are. Some folks just take things to seriously and don’t know how to take a joke.
Report Post »Deepdiver58
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:43amAs will all things rotten: perhaps you should perform a self extraction to rid yourself of your rot. But, I am curious, is it you or your relationship that is rotten?
As for the news story… this should never happen in our society. Those who allowed this to happen should be punished.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:52amFor that kind of money, I’d do the time.
Report Post »RodentKing
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 8:57amIf your wife looks good I’ll Wine and Dine her for a week, you foot the bill.
Report Post »Ndbbm
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 9:42amYou know what the difference is between a mother-in-law and an outlaw is…
Outlaws are wanted…
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:07am@Sheris
And here is another video for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjaXfwuGmxg
It sounds good, unless you pay attention…Start off as a stand against Muslim terror, then he slips in “if that means we have to go after mosques…….or churches…” This shows that, he is for taking away constitutional rights to anyone they DEEM a terrorist.
And then he says….our civil liberties are great and all….but the most important one is for you to expect the government to give you security at any cost…….yeah that is paraphrased but that is what he said….lol
Report Post »PresidentDowngrade
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:34amMitt Romney involved in Medicare Fraud
In 1990 Bain Capital purchased the controlling interest in Damon Corp. a Medical Testing Company…. Mitt Romney joined the Board of Damon Corp. to help manage the Company…… two whistle blowers tipped off the government and Medicare Fraud Charges were brought against Damon Corp. In 1996 Damon Corp Plead Guilty to Frauding Medicare, they were fined $35,273,141.00 as a criminal fine in addition to $83,726,859.00 to resolve related liabilities.. Total Fines 119 Million Dollars.
This represented a recovery of $3 for every $1 that they Stole from Federal and State Healthcare Programs…The U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case is quoted as saying “A case pure and simple of Corporate Greed Run Amok”. The Company went Bankrupt in 2002, thousands of jobs were lost. Bain walk away with a Profit of 12 Million Dollars. Companies close all the time, what’s at stake are the crimes, not job losses.
At one point Romney denied knowledge of the crimes and later yes he flip flopped to say he was aware and on top of the problem. Serial flip flopper, sure and then some. This story is important because the Obamabots have instant access to all medicare and justice records as well the Obama administration has been playing fast and loose with facts that help Obama. Feds say Romney did not help uncover the investigation and that Corning later bought the company and cleaned up the mess. Dems used medicare crimes (Columbia
Report Post »Grannie4news
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 1:33pm@AMBROSETURDSIDE: You have a great sense of humor, hope your spouse does too. LOL
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:34pmTECHENGINEER11, Yuo are probably right, there probably is more to this story and my guess would be since the guy was drunk, he more then likley resisted a little and became unrulely, however these officers are supposed to be trained for this sort of thing, and as professionals, should overlook his behavior to an extent. It seems to me these “professionals” took it a little too personally and vioated his rights. No one is above the law and I think a dose of their own medicine would be poetic justice in this case (just not for 2 years) a couple of weeks should drive home the point.
Report Post »ConfederateExile
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 5:51pm“Exactly” how he feels? Really? Solitary Confinement doesn‘t mean you’re locked up with a solitary roomate with whom you either play the card game, or – more realistically – have sex. THAT form of incarceratoin seems more what your’re sentence was. And, that might be appealing once you understand the “prize” isn’t money and comes whenever roomie decides it comes…WHENEVER.
Tell me, was yours a judgement by your peers, or did you opt for a bench trial Either is a crap shoot, but judges can be more predictiable. Peer is a relative term; and perhaps at least some were your relatives.
Researchers, penologists, [Huh? What’s that, Loretta? (Loretta is my assistant.) O. Right. I’m sorry: “PEANololgists” say those sentenced in this manner generally not only get used to the life, they actually come to enjoy many aspects of it. However, it may take more, or less, than 2 years. And, dental hygeine is not overlooked. Your teeth likely get pulled much sooner than this guy’s. You may even want that, to be; well – frank – about it.
Lawsuits are much more rare than are funerals. Darn those pesky teeth.
Marriage is much older than county jails & dentists. Anthropologists suggest it is rarely solitary, if ever. Prizes are optional via Insuance companies & vary widely. Caution is advised in attempting to cash out early as the prize is often not awarded and one often ends up in the county jail anyway; and not generally in solitary.
Don’t forget to floss regularl
Report Post »markchristopher
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:27pmI‘m sure you’re no picnic to be around, either!
Report Post »Dano32839
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:03pmWOW! It seems like people don’t understand humor these days.
you WERE joking. Ha Ha
Right? :/
Report Post »Cousin_of_Marx
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:57pmWait a minute.
A state abusing its power?
Reading this trash heap of a news site and the moronic comments written here, I had come to the conclusion that only the federal government abuses power.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:47pmObama & Romney agree that the Constitution should be ignored, and Rights trashed. They agree that American citizens should be locked up without trial indefinitely once labeled as a “threat”.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:02pmThis is the perfect example of the inhumanity Obama plans; I hope the man gets his sanity back to a degree he can function again around people.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:14pmWhat disgusting, scandalous statement to make with no bases for it! Obama I can understand as for him the Constitution is a “pesky piece of paper” but Mitt Romney is total imbecilic for you to say with no bases for such a statement! You must be one of those Liberal invaders trying to stir up something, but you proved how stupid you are LOSER!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:45pmthey both have said it… it’s on video… tube it..
Report Post »Ken
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:46pmPretty heavy price to pay for a DUI!!!
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:26pmThat is why the Republican party is done for. Someone makes an undesirable comment about Mitt Romney; they must be a trolling liberal isn’t that right SHERIS? Half of the Republican Party are so brainwashed by the media that they totally ignore the one candidate in the Republican Party who is running strictly on Constitutional values. Hello??? Ron Paul!!! But that’s ridiculous. He‘ll never win when the majority of the R’s are backing jerk off’s like Mitt Romney (BIG GOVERNMENT PROGRESSIVE) Romney care. Wake up stupid people!!! Or better yet lets pick the other Big government progressive Newt Gingrich, because he’s quick on the draw with a good comeback, and hes going to make a MOONBASE! I laughed my ass off when I heard the Newt supporters screamed, and roared with delight when he mentioned his idea to make a Moon colony. It made me sick watching all the Republican sheeple. Which is what you are SHERIS. So uneducated on the matter that you would call them a troll for not supporting Mitt. You and yours are hopeless, just like the Republican Party.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:02pm@ SheriS
Romney in his own words trusts Obama will not abuse this violation of the Constitution & Bill of Rights. He also asks that his supports trust him not to abuse it as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyjxWBXs7Sk
Remember, it’s all for own safety.
Report Post »enzomedici
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:36pmThe Democrats & Republicans are both idiots when it comes to freedoms. They both voted for The Patriot Act and the NDAA and now the Enemy Expatriation Act is coming too. Are there any US lawmakers who stand up for the Constitution any more? Obviously not, otherwise these laws wouldn’t have been passed.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:30pmIm not saying what they did to this guy is right,but do you think this is the first time this guy was dwi,
Report Post »It was probably a good thing he was off the street however it happened.It would have been better if he would have killed himself on a lonley hwy
Phoenix42
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:16pm@SHERIS, I was watching the debate when Romney said he would have signed the NDAA as written. I am a conservative, not a liberal, and I am frightened of the idea of having Romney as President, almost as much as I am of having Obama for another term.
Report Post »B_rad
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:04amTH3,Your comments about the GOP are pretty much correct. Our 2 party system was specifically designed behind the backs of the American people so that no matter who is in power, we get hosed. That‘s why I’ve been pretty thankful Obama was elected. He moved so far, so fast that millions woke up. Unfortunately, they are being lulled back to sleep by imposters trying to grab the tea party while being as big govt. as it gets. The problem with Ron Paul is he takes it too far the other way. He’s not wrong about most of what he says, it’s just that America has been steadily lied to and moved in this direction slowly, over 110 years or so. Ron Paul is a shock to the system. A badly needed one, but too shocking for most to digest. He will not be president, but I‘m very glad he’s in the debates. It is the people of the next generation who can take more of what he espouses and implement it If we can keep waking more people up to the Mitts and Newts and keep getting constitutionalists into congress and into our city and state govts., we have a fighting chance.The worst case scenario this time around would be to put a Newt Gingrich into the White House to preside over the demise Obama has so accellerated our country toward. If people don’t demand constitutional adherance from their reps and senators, even with a GOP president, we have no hope. Santorum is also big govt., but he is an honest man who admits his mistakes and explains his reasoning. He’s not perfect, but we can do wo
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 10:08am@Sheris
And here is another video for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjaXfwuGmxg
It sounds good, unless you pay attention…Start off as a stand against Muslim terror, then he slips in “if that means we have to go after mosques…….or churches…” This shows that, he is for taking away constitutional rights to anyone they DEEM a terrorist.
And then he says….our civil liberties are great and all….but the most important one is for you to expect the government to give you security at any cost…….yeah that is paraphrased but that is what he said….lol
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 12:30pm@ B_rad
Report Post »Good Post.
cgnick
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:29pmAllen West agrees with trashing our rights too.
Report Post »10th Crusade
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:46pmThe National Defense Authorization Act, in action? Maybe this is just practice.
Report Post »amdoktor
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:02pmYour right, a test run. From now on there will be one slight difference, The money award will not be in affect.
Report Post »WTFHappenedToTheUSA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:44pmNo word on what happened or if charges would be brought against the constitution destroying S&^M that did this to him.
Report Post »Black Eagle
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:53pmIf the citizens of New Mexico don’t give a damn about this, then they deserve to have their county budgets drained down to nothing by lawsuits. Every one of the cops, jail employees, prosecutors and judges in that county should be put into the same prison for two years. They always shout “IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE!!!!” as a justification to jail people who didn’t know the full Encyclopedia of laws (getting bigger every day), but how truly ignorant were they of this poor fellow? They all knew. Everyone reading this is similarly at risk.
Report Post »thriceconcussed
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:58pmThe warden and the guards need to be tried for torture, that is a heinous act. Justice cannot be served by injustice.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:22pmEvery bleeding heart in the country is mouthing off.Ask someone who’s child has been killed by a drunk driver what they would do with him.Skin the SOB alive
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:26pmHey FlyOverBob
I have had a family member killed by a drunk driver who was given a trial and convicted. Since this guy DID NOT have a trial how can you say he is guilty unless you are one of those Obama supporters who thinks it ok to lock someone up for 2 years without a TRIAL. Damn you are a MORON and you make me want to puke …people like you that think you are a conservative are ruining this country!
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:38pmThey didn’t say he was accused of DWI,the said he was arrested for DWI.So now how does that make me guilty and why do I have to pay this tripe a cent
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:43pmWow – I stand correct, you are a SUPER DUPER MORON
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:51pmGee super duper,at least its not humongus
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:53pmCould of saved a lot of time and money,planted him in the desert
Report Post »Nepenthe
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:43pmSolitary confinement is one of the most inhumane forms of torture that our country still practices.
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:50pmI thought the tax code was.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:53pmonly on our citizens- illegals and terrorists are fair game.
Report Post »Ken
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:49pmOh they wouldn’t THINK of doing that to an illegal! That county would be bankrupt paying one of them off!
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 11:15pmThis guy had to do solitary and drug withdraw at the same time. Bad teeth might be pointing to meth withdraw. Anybody want to bet he is arrested again within three months?
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:40pmIsn’t it nice when the tax payers can flip the bill for others negligence??? Like we are the ones that created the problem in the first place! I really think this is pathetic! Is it my fault that they did not go by what the law says on the books??? To many idiots working the justice system! Like we need big government to begin with! Time to start firing people in the system!
Report Post »blackstone22
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:39pmA truly frightening story. He deserves the settlement.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:47pmUnbelievanle.So much for our enlightened religion-americanism.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:50pmSomebody needs to be in prison for doing this to this man.
A monetary settlement may be sufficient for him, but that’s not justice.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:10pmRose-Ellen wrote: “Unbelievanle.So much for our enlightened religion-americanism.”
*****
Report Post »No, Rose-Ellen. Thanks for godless humanitarianism that’s crept into our society!
lketchum
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:04pm@rose-ellen,
It is because the left has moved us so far away from our religion that such things happen. Decent and moral human beings are not capable of doing such things to another.
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 8:47pmOK he was paid for his two years,but I dont know why I should have to pay him.Now when does he go to court for DWI ?
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:39pmThe Federal government can now LEGALLY send you to Gitmo or another prison for EVER without a hearing,lawyer or due process of any kind EVER.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:48pmWhy would they send you to Gitmo? They have the FEMA camps ready for TSA and Homeland Security. Texas paper (&TV station report) that FBI Homeland Security Taskforce arrest a local man for child pronography. That type of arrest is usually done by local law enforcemenrt agencies. The only spokesman to appear was the local sheriff.
The agents need practice in dealing with local cases once they take over.
OMG
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:36pmYou got that right. The guilty parties will go Scott free while sticking the taxpayers with the bill. Correction, they have already stuck the taxpayers with the bill.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:36pm“Prison officials were walking by me every day, watching me deteriorate.”
Report Post »———————————————————————-
Doesn’t he mean they looked in on him, if he was in solitary? If he was in solitary, how would he know who was walking by, unless they opened the little door, in the bigger door?
I‘m not saying the NM prison officials weren’t stupid for violating his Constitutional rights, but maybe the reporter is sensationalizing this a bit.
MeteoricLimbo
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:41pmYou don’t suppose he got to eat, or did they beam food to him Scotty?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:57pmFeeding him and walking by him, ignoring him, are opposite actions. If he was in solitary, they had to have opened the door to feed him, unless they slid it under the door.
Report Post »I wonder, do they MAKE prisoners get haircuts and shave, or do they have to ask for it?
thriceconcussed
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:02pmYou make me sick. I read your posts, and you sound like you would have supported Hitler.
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:35pmThis is sad and sick. Yes he broke the law but does that mean we break Gods Law? I think we will see more of this, some government officials, employees have the attitude, pension or the benefits for the poor and incarcerated, it is “us against them” when it comes to the tax payers money.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:03pmYeah and hell is a lot worse than solitary.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:34pmAwwww. Poor wittle criminal actuwally suffered while in jail?? Poor Wittle Baby!
Hey dopes! That’s what punishement is suppoed to be like! Beat the dirtbags everyday. Make prison so terrible that they NEVER want to go back!
Report Post »islamhater
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:39pmYou are freaken retarded.You sound like a commi. so let me refrase that . You are a FU KK TARD.
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:45pmNo human should ever be treated like this. Remember he was charged, never tired or found guilty in a court. It could be you or any one of us one day. And the way this country is going it could be much sooner than later.
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:49pmSo……….I‘m guessing you didn’t agree with Jedi’s post????
Report Post »Cavy from VA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:49pmJEDI CREEP
I guess the folks in your family … immediate and extended … are just the best … NEVER NEVER NEVER will any of your folks so much as jay walk … you freakin idiot!!!! What’s good for the goose is good for the gander … so I guess you will be sending cookies to your relatives who do get caught jay walking … what an airhead you are!!!!
Report Post »10th Crusade
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:51pmWhat if this had happened to you? What if you had drank a bit to much (more than you thought you could handle), drove anyways & were detained…..for 2 years? Isolated & malnourished.
Empathy can teach us a lot, if we’re willing to look through the eyes on another person.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:00pmJedi your ignorance knows no bounds with a comment like that and if you or someone in your family is thrown in the hole with no lawyer or trial would you still be singing the same tune?
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:31pmPunishment yes, but not inhumane treatment. Are you kidding, with the new laws in place, they can incarcerate anyone for any reason. This atty and this “criminal” are heroes for bringing this to the attention of the world. One of the worst jobs in the world is a criminal defense atty,(bashed by everyone) yet they are the ones fighting for YOUR constitutional rights.
So the next time you say Guilty without even listening to fact, just because a police officer or DA said so, you should keep in your mind, how many wrongful conviction (NY leads the pack) by false evidence, evidence planting, and not giving proper disclosure to the defense atty. Remember it is Innocent before Guilty in America. Not the other way around. This isn’t an episode or Law and Order (or as I like to call it (no) Law and (dis) Order).
Report Post »gj schock
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:29pmSo you think people should go to jail without a see a judge? This guy never went to Court ! Never Saw JUDGE! Never Had a Trial! He was aressted for a DUI put in Jail and they forgot about him! READ THE ARTICAL!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:32pmAppears older in the 2nd photo so I’ll go with that order.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:31pmSad, hope he changes his life now with the money, and does himself some good.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:29pmWhich photo is the before one ? o(*,*)o
Report Post »Harry Assenback
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:28pmShave and a haircut……2 bits……….I mean 22 Million.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:06pmLike! I wish there were more details in the article,however. The award seems so high that it might be cut down on appeal. But why wasn’t he put on trial?
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:28pmWho said America isn’t a great country.
Steal a vehicle; DWI; get arested and thrown in the slammer for two years; receive a million a month in compensation.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:29pm@Stopit
Report Post »Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:28pm
Who said America isn’t a great country.–
Answer: Michelle Obama!
PATRIOTMAMA
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:28pmWelcome to the new nanny state this country is heded toward.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:02pmWhat in the hell does this article have to do with the nanny state? You, my friend, are dumb.
Report Post »Divothead
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:25pmWhich picture is before and which one is after? You’d think the reporter could explain what the pictures represent- after all, that what the title states the story is about.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:31pmMost of us tend to read from left to right and since it says BEFORE followed by AFTER I would think that anybody should apply this to the photos from left to right.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:38pmDIVOTHEAD, Got to thinking. If you made your post as sarcasm, I then sincerly apologise.
Report Post »islamhater
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:50pmReally wich picture? No wonder this country is so mess’ed up. Make‘ing fun of what happen’ed to this man is sickening. Anyone who would make fun of someone‘s right’s be’ing violated should be deported to china. Regaurdless of what he did he deserves his day in court….People need to look at themselves in the mirror long and hard and ask just WHO THE HELL are you..Dumba$$es.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:58pm“Anyone who would make fun of someone‘s right’s be’ing violated should be deported to china.”
Anyone with enough snap to extract his own tooth should be able to cut his own hair and shave every now and then…
Report Post »texasoysterman
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 6:17am@ Welcome Back
I doubt someone in solitary confinement has access to scissors and/or razors.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:24pmAnd this happened before NDAA was inflicted on us,just think of all the things our government can do to us now that it‘s ’legal’ to throw you in a hole,no lawyer or trial and hold you as long as they want.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:24pmGood thing he wasn’t jaywalking or being racially intollorant. He would have got the gas chamber.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:22pmWow, now that is scarey….
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:30pmIndeed it is and all these hard a$$ so called conservatives who say lock em up and throw away the key think it’s a great story,until they’re the one in the hole,no lawyer or trial then it’s a different story.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:21pmThats 1 way 2 earn money in this country.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:41pmWill he be part of the 1% now? This amount of money is way to much for 2 years. That is what is wrong with our country. These law suits that pay alot. It probably did him good sitting in there for 2 years and not being able to drive drunk on the roads and put peoples lives at risk.
Report Post »thriceconcussed
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:07pmDarla K- you are too stupid to be serious.
Report Post »Rightallalong
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:39pmDARLA K where do you see that he was ever convicted of drunk driving? You hardline fake conservatives make me want to vomit. Maybe you will be accused of something at some point and we can all say well she must have done it since she was ACCUSED. Thats what the trail is for you MORON piece of trash!!! You would have made a great Brown Shirt
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:18pmThat is STUNNING .
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:40pmNot to worry though,with the passage of NDAA the government can hold you indefinitely no lawyer or trial,they made it ‘legal’ to violate our constitutional right to a trial.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:17pmWell he can buy plenty of hooch now
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:24pmYes .. something tells me all that money won’t help him stop “deteriorating” most likely will speed it.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:34pmCATB, Yeah, just like rock stars who make enough money to destroy themselves, this guy won’t last long either. Hope he has a will.
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