Sorry isn't enough in this case, and this can hardly be the only case.
If there was a shred of decency and shame left in Dona Ana County NM, the Chief LEO would drive out to the forest, walk to a remote area, then stick the muzzle of a rifle under their chin and pull the trigger. We'll kindly post their suicide note on the Internet for them.
But I'm sure what will happen is that instead everyone in authority will clam up and pretend that they were all doing their job and nobody can determine who is to blame.
We live in a police state, simple as that. With about 1 in 90, to 1 in 60 (about 1-1.5%) of our population in prison at any given moment, and having more prisoners than anyone in the world (By a factor of 5, compared to the runner up, communist China), it’s necessary to keep the money rolling in. Bloated government has to be funded somehow.
I guess the cops never thought about him. “Why is he still here?”...might have saved 22 million.
Two years without trial, no phone call, and no habeus corpus. Isn’t that the law that Congress and the President just passed?
Dona Ana County officials were tight-lipped about the case, refusing to answer questions about whether any jail employees were reprimanded or fired over Slevin's treatment.
"We do not discuss personnel issues," Jess Williams, Dona Ana County's public information director, told msnbc.com. Williams also wouldn't comment on whether the $22 million the county was ordered to pay would come from taxpayer money, saying only, "Dona Ana County will appeal the verdict."
He said no county officials would answer questions about why Slevin was held for so long without going to trial, or any other questions related to the legal parts of the case.
If taxpayers accept this level of widespread abuse and lack of accountability, you deserve to pay through the nose till you get rid of those employees.
We had a case here a few years ago where a young woman who was booked on DUI died on her cell floor from a ruptured spleen. She repeated asked for help and other prisoners were yelling at the guards that she wasn’t faking. She was a cute gal with her whole life ahead of her.
Gulag New Mexico. I wonder what the story is about how he finally got noticed and released?
In before the “if you can’t do the time ...” posts.
2 years in the hole is a long bit
hope he had reading material and they turned lights on and off timely
weeks or months in the dark is tuff
id like some time with these jailer punks
The article notes that his friends and sister have been supportive. Query as to where these people were when he was in jail for two years? I would think that a lawyer could have put a quick stop to this before two years passed.
This is, no doubt, an egregious story, but the missing details make it seem odd.
This is one of my top five fears. False imprisonment.
I would gladly take 22 million smackers for being in confinement for 2 years.
Will they pay the first Mars astronaut $22 million for the expected two year plus round trip
Ping
Is the court transcript available? It might answer some questions about how this happened.
I suspect he really wants a drink now!
People to contact...and description about the jail...
Christopher Barela Detention Center Administrator 1850 Copper Loop Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005 Voice: (575) 647-7600 Fax: (575) 647-7625 TDD: (575) 525-5951
The Doña Ana County Detention Center has a staff of 197 full-time positions, which include administrative, security, support and medical staff. In addition to county employees, there are 41 contract personnel and, at any given time, up to 67 volunteers.
Deputy Administrator - Operations and Support: Major Cheryl Roach
Adult Detention Facility: The adult detention facility differs from a traditional linear jail in that there are no bars separating officers and inmates. Instead, they are separated by glass partitions, which allow officers to maintain continuous observation of all inmates and to ensure that inmates are constantly aware that they are under observation.
Housing: Built in 1995, the facility was originally designed with 562 beds. In 2000, an additional housing unit was added and some remodeling was done to increase the number of beds to 846 and the total living space to 166,543 square feet. Inmates are housed in seven secure housing units. Most inmates share a cell with at least one other inmate.
Population: The average daily inmate population in calendar year 2004 was 809. Most of the inmates are pre-trial detainees.
Do you have any other details?
I am confused. How is it a sentence when he did not have a trial?