Anim8rFSK
8/17/2012 2:41:00 AM
In article <1fiq28dlocrtqdje3kv237kes9c6vbclhm@4ax.com>,
Mason Barge <masonbarge@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:26:13 +0100, mikeos <mikeos3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On 02/07/2012 18:09, Michael OConnor wrote:
> >> I think most people believe that defense attorneys are by and large
> >> slimy, and for most of us that disdain probably collectively coalesced
> >> with the OJ trial, and we all saw Barry Schreck talk his way out of
> >> DNA evidence on one test that had IIRC a one in one hundred sixty
> >> seven billion chance that the blood belonged to somebody besides OJ,
> >> and we all saw Johnnie Cochran with his courtroom antics, riding
> >> roughshod over the judge and prosecution. We watched a rich guy buy
> >> his way out of life in prison, thanks to defense attorneys.
> >>
> >I heard something recently which surprised me - Is it true that
> >convicted crims can pay to upgrade their cell? I believe that a figure
> >of $60 a night was mentioned. Heard this on BBC radio.
>
> I read a reliable report (as I remember) that some city had a program in
> its jail, where for something like that they could get a clean single
> cell. But jails often house unconvicted suspects.
We were doing that here (Arizona) at one point. Not sure if we still
are.
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