[sportutegrl]

Keenen said Marvel told him that rangers at Ridley Creek State Park had arrested him after seeing him drinking a beer while he was fishing.

[Dov in Houston]

Over DRINKING A BEER ?

How sad.

[frogjerk]

Hard labor for drinking a beer while fishing but probation and release for those molesting our children...sounds about right -sarc

[traditional1]

No doubt about it: all roads to Philadelpia are clogged with ambulance-chasers right now...Sue the crap out of the taxpayers for causing this death....

[6SJ7]

Medical examiner Fredric Hellman said heat was not a factor in the death because Marvel's body temperature was not elevated.

Of course it is not elevated. The guy is dead. Room temperature. Passed his sell-by-date. It was 100 degrees with humidity to match and a 59 year old guy is stacking cement block. I think heat just might have been a wee bit of a factor.

[1rudeboy]

Is the community service satisfied? If not, will it prevent him from voting Dem in the next election?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I thought it was a crime NOT to drink beer while fishing.

[Tall_Texan]

So is the judge going to adjust his sentence? < /sarc>

[Fiddlstix]

Keenen said Marvel told him that rangers at Ridley Creek State Park had arrested him after seeing him drinking a beer while he was fishing.

Good Grief!

[Eva]

That's unbelievable. A man that age, who is not in good physical condition, should not be sentenced to hard labor. It's ridiculous. Whoever is responsible for the sentence is an idiot and should be severely disciplined.

[takenoprisoner]

From cold beer to stone cold dead all courtesy of a zero tolerance society hellbent on demolishing once and for all, all freedoms.

[metesky]

"He was a law-abiding citizen all of his life," Bonner said.

The ludicrous "beer-while-fishing" thing aside, this is what happens when an innocent law-abiding citizen thinks that involuntary servitude "community service" should be treated like real work.

A block an hour, a block an hour and tell Simon Lagree to FO.

[Lazamataz]

Little did he know he was getting a death sentence.

[caver]

I figured this had to be Pennsylvania. A state where you can't drink a beer in a state park. What a frigging joke. I will never camp in another Pennsylvania state park again after being harrassed by an armed ranger. I guess I got lucky, he made me pour it out.

[4yearlurker]

This guy should have been fined. Period! Stacking blocks and janitorial work is community service? I thought picking up trash along the road and helping in a soup kitchen was the norm. The officials involved are in a CYA mode,no doubt. I hope the family sues these @ssh#les. Since when is working at a construction site community service?

[ladyjane]

Marvel's body temperature was not elevated.

Now that's an understatement!

[Hatteras]

It should be a law that all members of a chain gang be allowed a visual image to keep their minds off the heat...

[wolfcreek]

Texas State Parks have the same rule. If it's in a glass container, you're really in trouble

[Attillathehon]

Doesn't this fall under the "Cruel and unusual punishment" bit?