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Prosecutor Calls Inmate's Death 'Poetic Justice'
The Indy Channel ^
| September 14, 2005
| AP
Posted on 09/14/2005 3:02:31 PM PDT by Abathar
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- The prosecutor who sent a man to prison for murdering a 10-year-old boy says the inmate's death after a prison fight is "poetic justice."
Twenty-three-year-old Jason Patrick of South Bend was injured in a fight at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. He died Monday at an Indianapolis hospital.
The Marion County Coroner's Office and the Indiana State Police are investigating his death.
Former St. Joseph County prosecutor Scott Duerring said Patrick should have been sentenced to death in the slaying of Evan Parker.
The boy was visiting South Bend with his mother from Alabama in July 2002. He was found severely beaten and stabbed in a basement of a house.
A judge ruled that Patrick couldn't be executed because he was mentally retarded.
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Just...Can't...Work...Up...a tear.
I guess some sad stories really do have a happy ending.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:02:34 PM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
2
posted on
09/14/2005 3:04:23 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Abathar
Justice. Delayed, but justice nonetheless.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:04:48 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
To: Abathar
While what the prosecutor said is likely to be right on target,
I hope he has another job lined up...he's gonna need it after the
Leftist firestorm that his remark will ignite.
To: Abathar
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:05:48 PM PDT
by
mmercier
(for such there is no home, no refuge anywhere)
To: Abathar
"he was mentally retarded"
in more ways than one...picked a fight with someone other than a little boy...
Rope would have saved some tax money...hang the shrink and the perp...
To: Abathar
"Mr. Duerring, it's the President. He wants to know if you'd be interested in a Supreme Court Justice appointment?"
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:07:12 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(God bless the rescuers, God bless the Commander in Chief, and God bless America.)
To: Gay State Conservative
That was my second thought, he is going to catch major flack for saying that, but I bet it won't be from the people that elected him
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:07:38 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: Gay State Conservative
He's a "former" prosecuter. It doesn't say what he's doing these days.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:08:04 PM PDT
by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: Abathar
Doesn't sound that poetic.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:08:07 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: MD_Willington_1976
The only legitimate mental retardation defense is if the culprit doesn't understand right or wrong, legality and morality. If he does, fry his @$$.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:08:45 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(God bless the rescuers, God bless the Commander in Chief, and God bless America.)
To: Abathar
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:08:59 PM PDT
by
rocksblues
(I support the war on terror)
To: Abathar
I'd have no problem with a private citizen saying that, but for a public servant - a prosecutor, no less - to do so flies in the face of the rule of law.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:09:36 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. - Patrick Henry)
To: SmithL
I'm sorry, but other miscreants do not deserve being placed on the same pedestal as the legislatures and courts.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:10:02 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: basil
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:11:12 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: Abathar
Trying to give a damn...wait a minute...that just might be...nope, can't do it.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:11:20 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Proud member of the 21st century Christian Crusaders)
To: thoughtomator
"Former St. Joseph County prosecutor Scott Duerring " Sounds like he may have said something similar before this.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:11:41 PM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: Abathar
This news is so sad. I may have to go home tonight and drink a beer or two to ease the pain in my heart I got from reading about this man's untimely demise.
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posted on
09/14/2005 3:11:53 PM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
To: Abathar
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