Drug case man freed because he fears jails

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12/31/2001 | Tim Brown

[Roebucks]

Paid off is right, the other thing about this crazy story is that it distracts attention away from the corrupt judge that let him off.

[Victoria Delsoul]

It is hard to tell the difference between a real news story and an Onion parody these days...

LOL, I agree.

[Sabertooth]

It is hard to tell the difference between a real news story and an Onion parody these days...

Among other things.

Heh!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[ambrose]

Nice ping list by the way :)

[Brian Allen]

..... Is Spain also a 3rd world nation now?

Yes.

Still is.

Some things never change.

[Michael2001]

It seems the US is not alone in portraying the criminal as the victim

[Poohbah]

YGBSM!

[bwteim]

..... because he fears jails

Could be 'great' defense for Johnny Jihad, too.
Thanks for ping and post.

[dighton]

Ping for unusual treatment of a very common phobia.

[Orual]

This article draws on research conducted with 168 prisoners and 50 prison officers from five wings of three prisons that ranged in security from medium to high. Interviews elicited information about the incidence and nature of worries and fears felt by participants. The results show that the number of prisoners reporting fear (51%) was more than twice that found in the (English and Welsh) National Prison Survey (Walmsley, Howard and White, 1992). High numbers of staff (67%) also reported fear. However, the nature of the fears expressed by staff and those expressed by prisoners seemed to be different. Staff were predominantly concerned with the threat of confrontational incidents and loss of control whereas prisoners feared a range of possible situations, people and places. Incidence of fear varied between different prisons and wings within each prison.

It's a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad place. Don't go there. Or work there.

[aculeus]

"It's an interesting setup, Mr. Ross. It is the oldest confidence game on the books. The Spanish Prisoner... Fellow says, him and his sister, wealthy refugees, left a fortune in the Home Country, he got out, girl and the money stuck in Spain. Here is her most beautiful portrait. And he needs money to get her and the fortune out. Man who supplies the money gets the fortune and the girl. Oldest con in the world."
David Mamet
The Spanish Prisoner