Escaped Convict Recaptured After 38 Years

Associated Press ^ | May 20, 2006 | DON THOMPSON

[appeal2]

You have to give the guy 60 to 90 days just so there's no reward for being an escapee. Generally 63 year old criminals have passed the burn out stage and no longer pose a threat to society.

[garyhope]

"but I am prison averse."

Me too, but I was talking about the town of Soledad. Hot, dry, ugly, out in the middle of nowhere. Somewhat lacking in charm to say the least.

[contemplator]

At his age, getting caught was actually the best thing that could have happened to this guy. Besides the problem of getting the medical assistance he was sure to need soon as he continued to age without a drivers license or insurance etc.., it wasn't like he could go down to the Social Security office and apply for benefits.

[null and void]

Isn't the statute of limitations, 7 years, for most everything except murder?

...kidnapping and defrauding the IRS...

[null and void]

Giving him probation is the moral equivalent of giving amnesty to illegal aliens.

And we would never do THAT!!!

[contemplator]

We have done it in the past. Right or wrong, all I'm saying is that it poses the same ethical delimma.

[ex-Texan]

If the man had half a brain he would have paid the Mexicans to help him get a new identity. They sell packages of false ids on the street in La La Land for about $ 300. Basically all a guy would have to do is walk through a cemetery. Fill in the blanks with your imagination.

[null and void]

Yeah. He's kept his nose clean for 38 years. Isn't the whole point of the system to effect precisely this change in behavior?

I'd say jail him for some token period of time, including time served awaiting any hearings, etc., plus some longish period of probation, and call it a day.

But that's just me...

[TheDon]

He escaped from prison on June 7, 1968, while serving time for a robbery conviction...

[nothingnew]

Les Miserables

FMCDH(BITS)

[Chinito]

" Me too, but I was talking about the town of Soledad. Hot, dry, ugly, out in the middle of nowhere. Somewhat lacking in charm to say the least..."

That's right, it sure ain't no Chular (born & raised in Salinas). I got to spend a whole day in the Soledad Correctional Facility when I got out of the service, testing for CO. Man, what a hole. BTW, when did they move Soledad 67 miles SE of San Jose??

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

"Authorities found him Thursday, his clothes paint-splattered from one of the few jobs he could hold without a driver's license or other identification."

So he broke the law, big deal.

He just wants to hold down a job, the kind of job Americans won't do. His law-breaking is irrelevant. We should be more concerned with recognizing his right to work and live out the American Dream.

[connectthedots]

Maybe North Carolina could hire this investigator to find Frank Cuthbertson who still has an active arrest warrant out for him. He shouldn't be to hard to find since his is a current sitting superior court judge in Pierce county, WA.

http://www.knology.net/~bilrum/RedTide.htm

[glorgau]

There are plenty of people running free right now who need to occupy a jail cell much more than this guy.

If he were a Mexican, wouldn't they just practice "catch and release"?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Forget for a moment what we should do with him. FOr 38 years he's been a fugitive, living ILLEGALLY outside of his prison.

So, ANYBODY here think he should lose all the social security credit he built up while working over the last 38 years?

Anybody?

[A knight without armor]

I agree since he has not been in any more trouble. I think most people would have no idea how to go about paying Mexicans to help them or create a whole new identity on their own. That is so easy to say but I can't imagine walking up to a Mexican and asking that.

[decimon]

Authorities found him Thursday, his clothes paint-splattered from one of the few jobs he could hold without a driver's license or other identification.

I don't think he's been accruing SS credits.

[Vaduz]

Not if your white

[Vaduz]

Not if your white

[jordan8]

There's a difference between those who just escaped and those who escaped a long time ago and have been working, paying taxes, and supporting their families ever since. I think any jail-breaker who isn't caught withing five years should be let go. They should be given, what's the word or phrase I'm looking for . . . a-a-a- . . .a-a-a-m . . . oh yeah, earned citizenship!