The world is going completely insane! This HAS to be the End Times!
There was a time when people were GRATEFUL that dangerous criminals were removed from the streets. But now this guy's getting a TWO MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT just because the criminal justice system was protecting him from himself.
Hasn't he ever heard the term "You Do the Crime, You Do the Time"? What is wrong with people today, where they think they can get off scott-free from everything??
Read more about the large scale RIP OFF here.
Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest
By Elizabeth Chuck, msnbc.com
A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitary confinement because he was denied access to a dentist has been awarded $22 million due to inhumane treatment by New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail.
Stephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2005 for driving while intoxicated, then thrown in jail for two years. He was in solitary at Dona Ana County Jail for his entire sentence and basically forgotten about and never given a trial, he told NBC station KOB.com Tuesday night.
"[Jail guards were] walking by me every day, watching me deteriorate," Slevin said. "Day after day after day, they did nothing, nothing at all, to get me any help."
Slevin's medical problems extended beyond his dental issues, he said. His toenails started curling around his foot because they were so long, he told KOB.com. And his countless requests to see a doctor for depression medication were ignored, he said.
"When he gets put in the jail," Slevin's attorney, Matt Coyte, told msnbc.com, "They think he's suicidal, and they put him in a padded cell for three days. But never give him any treatment."
They also never gave him a trial, Coyte said. And Slevin never saw a judge during his time in confinement.
After three days in a padded cell, jail guards transferred Slevin into solitary confinement without explanation.
"Their policy is to then just put them in solitary" if they appear to have mental health issues, Coyte told msnbc.com.
There was a time when people were GRATEFUL that dangerous criminals were removed from the streets. But now this guy's getting a TWO MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT just because the criminal justice system was protecting him from himself.
Hasn't he ever heard the term "You Do the Crime, You Do the Time"? What is wrong with people today, where they think they can get off scott-free from everything??
Read more about the large scale RIP OFF here.
Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest
By Elizabeth Chuck, msnbc.com
A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitary confinement because he was denied access to a dentist has been awarded $22 million due to inhumane treatment by New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail.
Stephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2005 for driving while intoxicated, then thrown in jail for two years. He was in solitary at Dona Ana County Jail for his entire sentence and basically forgotten about and never given a trial, he told NBC station KOB.com Tuesday night.
"[Jail guards were] walking by me every day, watching me deteriorate," Slevin said. "Day after day after day, they did nothing, nothing at all, to get me any help."
Slevin's medical problems extended beyond his dental issues, he said. His toenails started curling around his foot because they were so long, he told KOB.com. And his countless requests to see a doctor for depression medication were ignored, he said.
"When he gets put in the jail," Slevin's attorney, Matt Coyte, told msnbc.com, "They think he's suicidal, and they put him in a padded cell for three days. But never give him any treatment."
They also never gave him a trial, Coyte said. And Slevin never saw a judge during his time in confinement.
After three days in a padded cell, jail guards transferred Slevin into solitary confinement without explanation.
"Their policy is to then just put them in solitary" if they appear to have mental health issues, Coyte told msnbc.com.
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