Wrongful conviction "acceptable collateral damage" according to the feds

Morrigoon · 07-26-2007, 11:49 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/26....ap/index.html

Glad to see the courts put the smackdown on that kind of behavior.

SacTown Chronic · 07-26-2007, 03:46 PM

Good. Now throw those responsible for framing these men in prison for 33 years and we'll call it even.

Kevy Baby · 07-26-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Good. Now throw those responsible for framing these men in prison for 33 years and we'll call it even.

Can't do - they are all dead:
Joseph "The Animal" Barboza (the informant) was shot to death by mob assassin J.R. Russo in San Francisco in 1976.
Vincent "Jimmy" Flemmi (the actual murder) died of a drug overdose in 1979.
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I don't know why I am so amused by a typo - just the fact that there was one on a CNN site:

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Originally Posted by Caption under photo with the CNN story

Peter Limone, right, and Joseph Salvati embrace after they were awarded a $101.7 mimllion settlement.

SacTown Chronic · 07-26-2007, 04:22 PM

Speaking of wrongful convictions.

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A Broward prisoner accused of committing a sex act while he was alone in his jail cell was found guilty Tuesday of indecent exposure.

A man's cell is his castle, and i don't want to live in a world where a man can't jack it in his castle.

I am loving the guard, however.

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Veal, who has charged seven other inmates with the same offense, insisted that she was not against the act itself -- just the fact that Alexander was so blatant about it. Most inmates, she testified, do it in bed, under the blankets.

Veal said this was the third time she caught Alexander, and she had had enough.

Three strokes and you're out, pal.

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Alexander's attorney argued that the prison cell was a private place and that what Alexander was doing was perfectly normal.

''Did other inmates start masturbating because of Mr. Alexander?'' McHugh asked Veal. ``Did you call a SWAT team?''

''I wish I had,'' Veal answered.

Damn!

Kevy Baby · 07-26-2007, 05:48 PM

Boy, he really rubbed her the wrong way.

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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Wrongful conviction "acceptable collateral damage" according to the feds http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/26....ap/index.html Glad to see the courts put the smackdown on that kind of behavior. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Good. Now throw those responsible for framing these men in prison for 33 years and we'll call it even.
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Boy, he really rubbed her the wrong way. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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