Posted on 08/16/2010 1:33:13 PM PDT by Nachum
A Harris County jail inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge allegedly beat a young illegal immigrant accused of robbing and fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl in the back as she was walking home on Aug. 6. Melvin Alvarado, 22, one of two men charged with capital murder in the death of Shatavia Anderson, was beaten Thursday evening, sustaining serious enough injuries to be hospitalized and receive stitches, said Alan Bernstein, of the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Accused in Alvarado's beating is Robert Williams, 38, Bernstein said.
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I would rather these random acts of justice not happen, in favor of a proscribed torture penalty instead.
I like the general idea of sickos getting the cr@p beat out of them in jail, but it should be done as routine punishment as part of the sentence, not meted out by a jail cellmate.
“Shooting the girl in the back.” What vermin.
Prison life can be boring. You just end up doing the same dang thing day after day after day.
I wonder if this was the first of several helpings....
Yup!
Any excuse for more free health care.
Bring back impalement.
Does that mean Robert Williams get credit for good behavior?
An illegal alien who murdered a 14 yo girl...
I hope this doesnt give him “victim” status...
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