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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:10 PM Oct 2013

Even 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 OP
Sounds like corruption to me Aerows Oct 2013 #1
Agreed. dballance Oct 2013 #2
Those were my thoughts, too Aerows Oct 2013 #3
Where is Dexter when you need him? Initech Oct 2013 #4
What about the naked guy a passerby shot and killed from his car? Rex Oct 2013 #5
 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
2. Agreed.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:15 PM
Oct 2013

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
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:20 PM
Oct 2013

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.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
5. What about the naked guy a passerby shot and killed from his car?
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:26 PM
Oct 2013

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.

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