Posted on 10/06/2006 8:41:04 PM PDT by Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
Man Beaten To Death In Low-Security O.C. Jail
(CBS) SANTA ANA, Calif. A Mission Viejo man awaiting trial on suspicion of possessing child pornography for sale was beaten to death in a jail unit for low-security inmates, an Orange County sheriff's representative said Friday.
John Derek Chamberlain, 41, was "murdered by an inmate or inmates while in the shower" at the Theo Lacy jail in Orange, the department's Jim Amormino said.
Guards got a call of a "man down" about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, and Chamberlain was declared dead at a hospital about an hour later, Amormino said.
Investigators were interviewing some 140 inmates, he said.
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When society has rely on thugs to dispense justice we are in serious trouble.
I agree with you.
Accusation doesn't equal guilt in a free society, only in a fascist state.
Yeah.. I get it... you quote a man who would not condone the killing of a man who has not been afforded a trial by his peers.
Perhaps you should read more of Hoffer's work before cut it and quote it to support your sick view of justice.
You all seem to have forgotten the 1st part of the story - it wasn't just kiddie porn the guy was allegedly guily of - the police were called because he was allegedly exposing himself and then the porn was discovered. So, he DOES sound like a real creep!
There are such things as witch hunts and political vendettas.
Even a conviction is not always certain...because the *lawyers* are not "under oath".
Non-inflammatory example--two people were in a civil suit concerning a car wreck. One side got a team of engineers who used computers and Newton's laws of motion to analyze the crash to *prove* mathematically their guy was innocent, the other guy was at fault.
The opposing side's counsel gave his summing-up to the jury:
"Now we all know that the laws of physics are obeyed in the laboratory, but not in rural New Jersey."
He won the case.
NO cheers, unfortunately.
Welcome to the US (belatedly); and to FR.
Cheers from a fellow doctorate (Chemical Physics).
Yeah, what if some jerk at your work was downloading HIS kiddy porn onto YOUR computer when you were not there, so he wouldn't get in trouble. There you would be in custody.
I think you are being a little bold with your accusations. Nobody has been arrested for this murder if a murder occurred at all. I think you owe these 140 roommates an apology.
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I find no comfort in this brutatlity...
Good to see we can all have a little FUN in a fellow citizen's demise, someone who may very well have been proven to be innocent. Oh well, who cares if it could've been any one of us, there's a good chance they might've been right, huh?...
Sorry, very poor analogy, try again.
Pretty sad, especially seeing this on FR more and more lately.
Your attempt to show us as being hypocrites fails miserably.
I thought it was a pretty good one. I saw it as ironic.
In CA he most likely would have been acquitted. A California jury couldn't convict Helen Thomas of ugly or Bill Clinton of horny!!!!
BOY, you missed the boat on this one. I was being ironic in my statement. Go read the chain again and you'll see your mistake.
Your posts have been read. You were "having a little fun" at the expense of a man's death. Was the guy a sicko who deserved to die? We won't even begin to know because there was not a chance for a trial.
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