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14. he didn't even get to make a damn phone call

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:30 PM

Jan 2012

before they locked him up and threw away the key?? poor guy.

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Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest [View all] Swede Jan 2012 OP

I'm glad he got monetary compensation but TexasProgresive Jan 2012 #1

+1... maybe a few people. redqueen Jan 2012 #5

Solitaire is torture. duhneece Jan 2012 #2

More about Dona Ana... duhneece Jan 2012 #3

They couldn't put this guy in solitary? JHB Jan 2012 #24

$22m is not nearly enough ProdigalJunkMail Jan 2012 #4

This is a real 'WTF' story muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #6

No trial? WTF? Quantess Jan 2012 #7

Almost as bad as what's happening to the folks at Gitmo....well not really Cali_Democrat Jan 2012 #17

+1. nt SammyWinstonJack Jan 2012 #25

let's just say our justice system sucks and do something about it librechik Jan 2012 #8

I think that's a generalization. Besides, that isn't the justice system. Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #16

! Occulus Jan 2012 #19

Arrested in 2005, when cowboy justice was all the rage Blue Owl Jan 2012 #9

Speaking of DWIs get the red out Jan 2012 #10

There should be people sitting in jail for this surfdog Jan 2012 #11

Me too! As long as Johnson20 Jan 2012 #12

Those responsi8ble for this burrowowl Jan 2012 #13

he didn't even get to make a damn phone call shanti Jan 2012 #14

Fucking crappy reporting. intheflow Jan 2012 #22

Average length in solitary: 2.7 YEARS in one prison in Virginia. woo me with science Jan 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #26

Ah the good ol' prison industrial complex at work. Initech Jan 2012 #27