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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEven this Floridian has to say---FloriDuh
So all you have to do if you're in jail for murder is forge some documents and you can walk out of a Florida prison.This state gets a lot of shit for its craziness---and I'm usually the first to defend it----but I'm seriously about to throw in the towel.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) As authorities hunt for two killers who were mistakenly freed by bogus court documents, prison officials and prosecutors across Florida scrambled to make sure no other inmates had been let out early.
The review comes three weeks after convicted murderer Joseph Jenkins walked out of prison, despite a life sentence. A week after he was let go, Charles Walker, who was also serving life, also was released.
It's not clear exactly who made the fake documents ordering their release. Authorities said the paperwork in both cases was filed in the last couple of months and included forged signatures from the same prosecutor's office and Chief Circuit Judge Belvin Perry. The documents also called for 15-year sentences.
Perry said Thursday there were several red flags that should have attracted the attention of the court clerk's office or the Corrections Department. Namely, it's rare for a judge to order a sentence reduction, and even more uncommon for the request to come from prosecutors.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/18/prisoners-escape-with-fake-documents/3008129/
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Even this Floridian has to say---FloriDuh (Original Post)
trumad
Oct 2013
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Aerows
(39,961 posts)1. Sounds like corruption to me
not incompetence. I could be wrong, but ... this sounds fishy.
Sounds like someone on the inside either got bribed or perhaps gotten threatened/their family threatened to help make the forgeries.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)3. Those were my thoughts, too
I just can't see this being a "mistake". I guess anything is possible, but that isn't nearly as plausible as corruption of some sort.
Initech
(100,080 posts)4. Where is Dexter when you need him?
Rex
(65,616 posts)5. What about the naked guy a passerby shot and killed from his car?
Evidently being naked in public is grounds for murder in Floriduh. I swear they love completing with my sorry ass state (Texas) as to which one can produce the worst crazies with a gun fetish.