Supreme Court Sides With Inmate in Cross-Gender Strip Search Case
- Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:38pm by
Billy Hallowell
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The U.S. Supreme Court sided with an Arizona inmate who claimed that his civil rights were violated when a female cadet searched his genital area and buttocks. The court did not issue any comments on the ruling, though they agreed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that Maricopa County is liable for damages. CNN has more:
Charles Byrd had been arrested in 2004 and held as a pretrial detainee at a minimum-security jail in Phoenix. Corrections officers had ordered a nonemergency search of the entire housing unit, where some 90 inmates were detained. Officials had justified the search because of recent fights and suspicions of contraband in the facility…
Byrd claims the woman cadet — wearing latex gloves — conducted a search that lasted about a minute and included squeezing and kneading his private areas. The cadet testified the search lasted 10 to 20 seconds and was conducted in accordance with accepted procedures. The inmate filed a grievance and later a lawsuit, claiming his due process rights and his right against unreasonable searches were violated.
The Christian Science Monitor draws an interesting distinction between this case and the ongoing debate in America over TSA screenings and obtrusive search policies:
The case comes at a time of heightened public awareness of intrusive searches as a condition of air travel, including intimate pat downs and technology capable of simulating a strip search.
With the Supreme Court ruling that Byrd’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated, this case could open the door to others like it. What do you think? Is this ruling correct or did the jail have the right to frisk and search the inmate?
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Comments (77)
joelack55
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:56pmyou can’t have it both ways ……are you a boy are a girl.
Report Post »OneLeafTree
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:55pmI’m getting a job at TSA…I’ll squeeze a sack or two if I get a chance at some milk bags. Hellllloooooo momma.
Report Post »Junter
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:26amHe was a prisoner and the search was for the safety of other prisoners and law enforcement. So tired of this lefty rulings. Law enforcement will now be afraid to search prisoners in fear of lawsuits or losing employment. This will lead to more contraband and lethal fighting. Moron judges.
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:24amNothing is correct in the executive, judicial or legislative branches of the USSA.
Report Post »These self-serving righteous assh*l%s , global governance thinkers are ok with a master serf mentality.
A country (world) run by the federal reserve.
We no longer have or honor a Constitution of The United States!
S/F
Centralsville
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:16amI don’t like seeing women guards in male prisons or male guards in famale prisons. I find it morally repugnant and know it leads to problems of sex between guards and inmates. It shouldn’t happen.
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:14amSo the cops can bust into your house without a warrant, but they can’t search a man in a dress? Are these people for real?
Report Post »IRESPECTYOU
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:14amthe right decision!
Report Post »dirtydog1776
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:47amThere will be a sudden demand for cross gender prison guards to legally search cross gender prisoners. To hell with safety, logic and sanity. Let the idiots and morons rule the world, they already have their ear waxing eating blockhead in the Presidency. Follow the foul mouth, mean dirtydog1776 at Twitter.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:35amAnd…..SOON!! …Coming to an airport near you!
Report Post »COMMON SENSE PATRIOT
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:14am1st how was this gentelmans due process rights violated? I see nothing to indicate that they were.
Report Post »2nd what “unreasonable search rights” were violated when fights and contraband were taking place in his immediate housing area. Additionaly 90 of his fellow cell mates were subjected to the same proceedures. I see no evidence that he was singled out for any reason. And lastly the person conducting the search was, I asume, was qualified to preform the search,gender should not have been an issue. IMHO the real miscariage of justice, was consuming the time and expience of the court in hearing this nonsence. Personaly, again IMHO, just more Arazonia bashing!
WTSpike
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:54amFrankly, as a prisoner of the state, his 4th amendment rights should be suspended. He’s not really proved any kind of sexual molestation here.
Report Post »Moocephus
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:34amForget for a moment if SCOTUS is correct in this case. My Question is. Wasn’t their something more important for these judges to decide on. They wont hear arguments for the constitutionality of the healthcare reform. But they’ll deliberate on whether a cross-gender freakshow got his human rights violated? ROME IS BURNING YOU MAGGOTS!!!
Report Post »20YRNavy
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:24amAs prison guards do they not have the right to ensure prisoners who were found guilty by due process aren’t carrying drugs? As prison guards, don’t thy have the right to ensure they and others are safe by searching for weapons?
Report Post »Wall of New York and toss them all behind the wall. Weiner, Rangle and every other criminal in the US. Let them fight it out for supremecy and be self sufficient. Solves a myriad of problems if we put everyone of them together.
Al J Zira
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:02amDon’t worry about all this, just like in California, Arizona will start releasing prisoners too then none of this will matter. I guess we can be assured that the inmate population won’t want to fly and expose themselves to TSA searches. I mean, they’re just degrading and prisoners are above that.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 8:21amSomeone nudged the old folks on the court to wake up!!! it is the duty of the Supreme Court to decided constitutionally of laws,maybe we can give them some no doze and they can start reviewing this admin policies and decisions and look into what they have been doing. As far as you junk getting grabbed in jail, don’t be their in the first place!
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 8:18amThe ruling did not say the act of the search was unconstitutional it was the cross-gender nature of the search. Just another wasted use of our taxpayer $$. I noticed the Supreme Court ruled without comment. I am sure they did not want to open up the door for the continued violation of our rights at airports and coming soon to a train station, etc near you. The only way this would apply to the TSA is if someone could show who is behind the curtain on the backscanners. Everyone knows full well that cross gender viewing is going on.
Report Post »Tomfang
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 8:08amHe is an INMATE, for Gods sake. They should be able to search him whenever they want.
Report Post »proliance
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:45amYes, he is (or was) an inmate and was subject to all the same rules as everyone else in jail. That’s not the issue. The question is who can search him.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:49amSo we now have the ability to take a person rights away with out due process, with out trail.
Mere Arrest and you lose everything….
What a sad world you both live in.
Report Post »proliance
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:23pmPeople who are arrested go to jail until they see a judge who sets a reasonable bail. If they make bail or get released on their own recognizance they go home. Bail is used to ensure a person charged with a crime shows up for court. If they don’t make bail, they stay in jail until their trial. The Supreme Court calls this due process. Jails are full of people who can’t make bail.
Is this really news to you? Because its pretty much the way things have worked for 200+ years.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:18pmThey did not have women molesting errr searching people for 200 years. Nope that did not happen for 200 years, nope that is a modern construct that came in with the “victimless crime” and and the police state which I am sure your all in favor of, After all us “civilians” are your enemy right
Report Post »publicuss
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:31amThe cadet crossed the line and violated the rights of a ‘pretrial detainee’. Though we have, for the most part, a right to bail, some can ill afford the bail or are held over for trial at court instruction. Charles Byrd followed the chain, filed a complaint, etc… and seven years later was vindicated. The cadet made a mistake that she and her employer are liable for. Sheriff Joe is gonna make sure that it does not happen again and will still have a secure facility.
If you do not want the TSA to violate our ‘former’ Fourth Amendment rights, ‘feeling’ up your ‘junk’, do not fly. If you’ve no choice for domestic/over seas travel be prepared to suffer in silence until a ‘sane’ version of the Republic is restored. Remember, the Supreme Court does have the power to invalidate the Patriot Act. Perhaps they too, are sending a signal to the legislative and executive branches about the erosion of the rights of the ordinary citizen written into the ‘Bill of Rights’.
Charles Byrd had to wait for SEVEN YEARS for justice. The Republic has had ten years of the Patriot Act and another four lay in wait. Maybe, just maybe this simple case is the tipping point…tipping in favor of the citizens rights being restored!
Let us pray in God and trust in a handy sidearm for the Jack Booted Thugs that may burst into your home without invitation. There are 15 million dead jews/gypsies etc… that learned the hard way.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:54amThe Republic, at this point, can only be restored by the states, and there are not enough people that understand that.
The Federal government only has the powers and abilities that the states collectively agree by either action or inaction to abdicate to the states. The states collectively can nullify any federal law, rule or regulation, even nullify any section subsection or amendment of the constitution. People forget we are the United States of America, NOT “America” . The States hold all of the power.
And until they stop caving to every under secretary, dept head and bureaucrat that controls a federal budget and knows how to write a strongly worded letter with veiled threats (see Texas vs TSA) the Republic will be forever lost. When even Texas is scared to stand up, TEXAS!!!!, there is no hope for the rest of us.
Report Post »maranamom10
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:39amThe thing is, he was in jail not prison so he was not CONVICTED yet right? He was awaiting his trial, by a jury of his peers. Prisoners do have rights, if we just keep letting them get by with everything, the TSA will only be the beginning for those “good” people out there. Don’t be so hi and mighty. It all begins with, ‘well, they are just prisoners so they have no rights!’ But……. now there is the TSA & cops going rouge. No, they shouldn’t be allowed to just do random feel you up searches unless they think YOU are hiding something!
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:34amYou’re right
Report Post »caprica
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:12amand ……..Does Hillary Have a Lesbian Connection to Weinergate?
By Kevin “Coach” Collins, FloydReports.com
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People are motivated to follow their darker instincts by lust for money, power, or sex.
In mid-2007, rumors started to circulate about Huma Abedin a stunningly beautiful staffer working for Hillary Clinton and now Anthony Weiner’s wife….
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caprica
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:12amDoes Hillary Have a Lesbian Connection to Weinergate?
By Kevin “Coach” Collins, FloydReports.com
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People are motivated to follow their darker instincts by lust for money, power, or sex.
In mid-2007, rumors started to circulate about Huma Abedin a stunningly beautiful staffer working for Hillary Clinton and now Anthony Weiner’s wife….
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chips1
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:34amIt’s the Barney Frank Rule.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:14amif an INMATE [CONVICT!!] can be ruled for by the USSC, then ALL OF US AMERICANS should be free of the TSA sexual assaults everyday TOO.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:21amI don’t ever fly….But if I did, I’d choose the radiation.
Report Post »Non_Probate_Asset
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:59amReread the story. The plaintiff in the lawsuit was NOT a convicted criminal. The plaintiff was a “pretrial detainee” which means when the incredibly invasive search took place, they had not been found guilty of anything.
And stop comparing this to the TSA everyone. I’ve read cases like this in the past. The procedures at an airport pale in comparison to the procedures in a jail.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:03am^^
Thank you, Non_Probate_Asset! Finally, a contributor to this thread who actually stops long enough to allow his neurons to fire before he makes a post!
People here don’t seem to understand the difference between a detainee and a convict, and the fact that an inmate is not necessarily a convict. Does anybody here understand what happens if a >>SUSPECT<< who is being CHARGED (read, has NOT been convicted) is unable or unwilling to post bail? He's held in jail! Dude could have been completely innocent, for all we know.
I know that we Blazers tend to get passionate about certain topics, but sometimes that passion is a detriment to rational and critical thinking. Keep your emotions in check until you have the facts (facts that were right there in the article, FYI). Otherwise, you just end up making yourself look like a tool and, by association, everyone else here as well.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:29amI’m sorry…I’m guilty of not reading the story….it’s been an off night. I’ve been staying up too late on this dang computer too much.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:47am@DOCTOR NORDO
Sadly this is a common problem today, People have put soo much power in to the police, and have spent so much time watching Law & Order, 24, COPS, etc, that actually believe those show represent reality and that cops “always get their man” and “never make mistakes” or a even more prevailing believe
“even if they are not guilt of THAT crime that are guilty of SOMETHING or they would not have been on the cops radar”
People have actually be sent to prison because while the jury did not think the person commit the crime they were charged with they did feel the person had to be guilty of something so it was he should be in prison.
Very sad we have fallen to this level, the future of humanity is a sad one I fear..
Report Post »proliance
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 7:24am@Doctor Nordo: You said “People here don’t seem to understand the difference between a detainee and a convict…”
What is the difference? Officers aren’t allowed to somehow punish a “convict” more or “detainees” get to live is a special section of the jail where they get ice cream and free HBO. There is no difference. None.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 7:33am@PROLIANCE
There is sooo much ignorance in your comment that I am at a lose for words to convey my shear sadness that humanity has conceived a being as ignorant as you.
a detainee in the context of a county jail is a person whom has not been convicted or even formerly (i.e charges filed with the court) charged with a crime, i.e awaiting arraignment, formal charges, and bail hearings.
a “convict” is a person whom has been to court, and has been found guilty of a crime .
Those are VERY VERY VERY different things
Report Post »proliance
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 9:26am@The Ancient: I was a Corrections Officer and Deputy Sheriff for two years and I worked in administration for the Sheriff’s Office for a few more years. I am well trained, experienced and far from ignorant on the subject.
This “detainee” as you call him was living in general population with inmates who were serving their sentence. He does not have privileges or rights that are any different than any other inmate. Whether you like it or not is immaterial.
If there is going to be a cell search for contraband the inmates are removed from the area and searched. This usually takes place at night, so they are in their underwear and unaware. They are searched and then the cell area is searched.
Officers don’t know who has been convicted and who is awaiting trial unless they take time to look up the information. Its none of their business and its generally a bad idea to worry about it because you can’t do any special for an inmate.
If I’ve made a mistake please feel free to correct me. But inmates are inmates. There is no distinction between a detainee and a person who has been convicted except on paper.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 11:48am@PROLIANCE
Report Post »So your part of the problem, it is clear now
proliance
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:09pm@the ancient: Deputy Sheriff‘s don’t make policy, the government does. If you want separate facilities for people who can’t make bond then I suggest you contact your legislators and ask them to raise taxes.
Running a jail is a mixture of doing what the law requires and what the tax payers give you to work with. These two things rarely work well together.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:15pm@PROLIANCE
The Jail around here do have separate sections for General Population and those awaiting trail, Further the Sheriffs around here can and do choose where to house the population with in the budget they are given, Sorry if your state has screwed your dept,
However none of that means you have to teach all persons as criminals, only YOU can choose how to treat another person, “I am just following orders” is not a valid defense for me, no I am tried of police hiding behind that. If you know it is morally wrong you have a obligation to humanity to refuse said orders. If you do not then your just as guilty of the offense and those that ordered you to commit it, if not more so.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:03amWe need some kind of constitutional amendment to curtail the powers of these self made gods called judges.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:28amThings are moving so fast now….and the constitution is only partially observed as it is….I don’t know…We sure need a reset, that’s for sure.
Report Post »joan k
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:09amThomas Jefferson noted during his presidency that the judicial branch was not restrained enough in the constitution. He surmissed that it would lead to them legislating from the bench. Too bad it wasn’t fixed back then, bc it has been the Judicial branch that has altered the constitution the most. BTW look up common law courts… we no longer have them. It was removed in the 1890′s. Prior to that time, a jury could decide if a law should be followed in specific incidences as it related to a particular class.. This kind of court dated back to the Magna Carta. The courts decided it was no longer necessary. Thus we now have them telling us in the jury that we have to follow the law… even if the law is not just.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:42amExcept the Judges are 100% correct in this case.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:41pmI’m waiting for someone to include the Patriot Act in a lawsuit over unlawful searches.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:49pmHey…the’ aint nuttin down theh….leggo
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:49pmLemme see,
Report Post »Its about an inmate who is a convicted criminal and strip search is a standard OP in jails for security.
Of course it is illegal and wrong and unconstitutional .
Now if government workers want to poke the orifices and squeeze the hoohoos of innocent Americans just so jihadies can feel good , well IT IS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES don’t you know ?
Sheeesh..stop whining and bend over folks if you want to fly in Emir Hussain’s kingdom
Whitey4West
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:57pmOne would think that a dude in jail would love to have his junk felt up by a woman??
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:57pmI’m tired of these “I was born a guy, but am really a girl. At least I want to be a girl, unless I’m in a position where I can be a guy and sue.” If ya really want to be a girl, then go get the *snip* *snip* *snip*. Gender problem solved.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:59pm@Cheezwhiz:
You do have it right.
The TSA is allowed to do searches, intrusive ones at that, on people who have done nothing to earn such treatment other than being presumed guilty before any form of trial or accusation is made against them. Unless of course you are a muslum, then you get to go around the security without any problem.
Two more reports of this happening at Sky Harbor here in Phoenix have come to my attention via a friend; I passed the word back, if they see anything like this or other stuff that is blatantly illegal get it on camera and send it out over the internet. Solid proof, that is what is needed.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:05amWhitey4West
Report Post »One would think that a dude in jail would love to have his junk felt up by a woman??
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It seems the dude wants A MAN to feel his junk, not a woman.
KickinBack
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:05amWhoops, my bad blaze…totally misread that one *taking foot out of mouth now*….
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:05amThere‘s a guy ALIVE who doesn’t like a woman messing with his twig and berries? SERIOUSLY? We truly live in bizarro world!
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:09amI apologize for my above comment. Prison would be hell.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:23amDoes this mean a jailbird has more rights than we do going through security at an airport??
Report Post »ABC123
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 12:29amWhy aren’t they looking into real issues like our treasonous president and staff ?
Kurt Nimmo
Report Post »Infowars.com
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Adam Pearlman, aka Adam Gadahn, has called for Muslims to fall on U.S. gun stores and gun shows, stock up on weapons, and start killing Americans. Pearlman’s remarks are contained in a video released on Friday.
Doctor Nordo
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:39am@Cheezwhiz
Dude, while you tend to have rather cogent remarks, your comments here are lack thought.
First of all, the dude was NOT a convicted criminal, as you so blithely asserted. He was being held as a pre-trial detainee, and in a minimum security facility at that. If you had actually bothered to read the article instead of just skimming it, you may have picked up on that important point.
Second, since the dude had NOT been convicted – had not even gone on trial, for Christ’s sake – I would say that the strip search most certainly did violate his constitutional rights.
As for the TSA, well you’re right about that. It is wrong that these people should blindly frisk every man, woman, and diaper-wearing baby that comes along. But how is that any different than it being done on this man who is innocent until proven guilty?
C’mon, man…
Report Post »101
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:43amHad it been a male that searched “it”, it would have sued screaming I’m cross-gender,,,Judges should have seen thru this BS
TSA does illegal searches 24/7 and nothing is done about it, guess you have to be a convict!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:51am@KickinBack
Report Post »Your original post was awesome. No apology needed. I loved the twisted misinterpretation.
Doctor Nordo
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:51amConvict:
–noun
3. a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
4. a person serving a prison sentence.
He was NOT a convict. Sheesh, don’t you people know how to read?
Report Post »grandma7
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:21amConfusing Headline. Was this guy a cross gender guy or was it a cross gender search (male searching female/female searching male). I think we’re getting two types of comments. I think it was a female searching man (cross gender search).
Report Post »GaGirl35
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:35amThe patriot act is a joke…….take a peek at the pros and cons on it
no wonder everybody is getting busted in politics
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/patriotact/patriotactprovisions.html
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 3:41am@CHEEZWHIZ
This was Point out already but your username suggests you may not comprehend so I will restate it.
The person in question here WAS NOT A CONVICTED CRIMINAL,
It is about 3AM here, I bet I could go out right now, downtown, and get arrested for doing nothing other than crossing the street, and refusing to tell the cop that will inevitably stop me why I am downtown at 3am. After all only criminals are up at 3am right.,..
In your world I should be subjected to a strip search even though I have broken no laws. Cops can and routinely “arrest” people just to get them off the street because they think they might commit a crime and under current law they can do so and detain you 24-48hrs with out charge, then release you.
Your probably a good little sheeple errr citizen and always do what your government masters tell you so your probably not aware of this
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 5:28amgood grief the guy is a criminal in jail. what the hell was the scotus thinking? is this result of too many liberals on the court???
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 6:14amHey SHOWTIME
I’m waiting for someone to include the Patriot Act in a lawsuit over unlawful searches
me too…..
Report Post »one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 6:47amI knew this would happen sooner or later.. Sick world..
Report Post »one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 6:57am@JEFFERYFREEZONE… Deoends on what the woman looks like dope , I wouldn‘t want Rosie O’donnell or Rachel Maddow feeling my ball bag, thats fro sure.. You should think before you speak..
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 7:43amI am not certain as to why the law suit? Because a woman cadet searched “him” and not a Big burly manly-man”? I have heard of inmates suing a state because they have served them crunchy peanut butter rather than creamy!! These lawsuits are paid completely by the states……..
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 7:44amlets put more liberal, brain dead judges on the bench
Report Post »Wilkins
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 8:20amThe problem: it was a female cadet conducting the search. If it was a male it’d be in line with TSA procedures, which are apparently ok.
Only homosexual/bisexual perverts can get their jollies in these jobs. Heterosexual perverts need not apply.
Report Post »Dd09999
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 8:37amSo you can’t search inmates. You can‘t ask illegal aliens for ID’s, but you can feel a guy up for just wanting to fly on a plane. Did I get that right?
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 10:30amStrange…I thought that felons forfeited their rights as a citizen when they’re convicted. At what point in time did that change?
Report Post »Moocephus
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:42pmForget for a moment if SCOTUS is correct in this case. My Question is. Wasn’t their something more important for these judges to decide on. They wont hear arguments for the constitutionality of the healthcare reform. But they’ll deliberate on whether a cross-gender freakshow got his human rights violated? ROME IS BURNING YOU MAGGOTS!!!
Report Post »101
Posted on June 8, 2011 at 12:28am@Doctor Nordo
Posted on June 7, 2011 at 1:51am
Convict:
–noun
3. a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
4. a person serving a prison sentence.
He was NOT a convict. Sheesh, don’t you people know how to read?
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“ordered a nonemergency search of the entire housing unit, where some 90 inmates were detained”
inmates were lessor crimes and shorter time (time does inmates) and convicts were felons with longer sentences (convicts do time)
Get a clue Nordo
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