Computer Connectivity and Putting 40 Something’s in Jail for Stuff they did in there 20s

Me ^ | Friday, August 30, 2002 | FoxPro

[Pure Country]

Why not get an International Driver's license? I hear that surpasses all that kind of stuff. Anybody out there know if that is true?

[FoxPro]

I think they have that wired in now also. I was actually thinking about moving to europe to avoid the jailhouse beatings, sodomy and potential Aids infection.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

YEP got one. It worked really well before 9-11. Never had to use it after 9-11.

[eastforker]

Yes I have,not quite to your extent but yes,and it is disgusting as far as I am conscerned.This nation has become a nation of list,blacklist and lets try to pin a felony on the guy so he can't own a gun and after the recent K-mart shenanigans ,it's more like,get as many as you can into the database so we can track them.

[CatoRenasci]

Go do your 30 days, be glad its only misdemeanor and get on with your life.

[Husker24]

How could you lose your house or marriage over this, its only 30 days.

[eastforker]

I don't know about foxpro many can lose their jobs over a misdeamenor.

[FoxPro]

In this economy, there is this domino effect. Jobs are very tight, especially for us high tech folks. Loss your job, and things just start falling apart all over again. Been there and don’t want to go there again.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

How could you lose your house or marriage over this, its only 30 days. 7 posted on 8/30/02 5:14 PM Pacific by Husker24

Some folks do live paycheck to paycheck, Husker. Maybe Fox is in that situation. There is nothing wrong with that!! We all, even the hardest-working, sometimes go through lean years on our way to the fat years.

However, if that is the case, 30 days mught be a REAL inconvenience.

The problem here is "multi-year suspended sentences". Justice should be immediate and final. If a crime is worth punishing at all, it's worth punishing right now and let the guy get on with his life 15 years later.

[FoxPro]

You have to have a valid drivers license to get an IDL.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

That said (my #10), you should probably plead for some gratis Counsel from the legal beagles here on FR. This kind of minor dust-up might be beneath Harbour and Pardek's "pay scale", but you might be able to wheedle some advice outta them pro bono if you ask nice. ;-)

[watcher1]

This nation has become a nation of list,blacklist and lets try to pin a felony on the guy so he can't own a gun

You Will Obey!!!

Long Live Big Brother!!!!!

Barf!

[eastforker]

Here is the problem.Local jails receive funds from the state when someone is incarcerated.To put it simply,the county makes money if they put someone in jail.My son was put in jail for six months for a drug charge he did not commit.His bail was extraordinary and did not want me to bear this.They finaly let him out and dropped all charges,reason,no evidence.They kept him in there so they could receive state funds.By the way,the DA owned the jail building and leased it to the county,tell me that ain't sick.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Here is the problem.Local jails receive funds from the state when someone is incarcerated.To put it simply,the county makes money if they put someone in jail.My son was put in jail for six months for a drug charge he did not commit.His bail was extraordinary and did not want me to bear this.They finaly let him out and dropped all charges,reason,no evidence.They kept him in there so they could receive state funds.By the way,the DA owned the jail building and leased it to the county,tell me that ain't sick.

I'm sorry, eastforker; I do not support the State prosecution of non-violent drug offenses allegedly committed on Private Property.

I think that taxpayers have a Property Right to kick drug dealers off of sidewalks and school grounds paid for by our tax-dollars, but if the alleged "offense" was committed on Private Property I do not believe that it should have been prosecuted at all.

Other than that, I am not sure what to say in your son's case. :-(

[eastforker]

The key is,they had no evidence and no probable cause,period.It's a money thing ,it makes there job more secure.

[glorgau]

15 years ago I punched some guy for harassing a nice girl at a friendly beer keg gathering

Doesn't sound like a completely friendly gathering. :-)

[IronJack]

Sounds to me like you have an awful lot of "accidental" brushes with the law.

[Pistias]

Ain't centralization a b!tch?

[Beach_Babe]

I wish you luck.

My daughter got into a nasty situation moving from New York to Florida. She failed to return her car tags to NY upon getting new Florida plates. NY suspended her driver's license, but what did she care (she was young and foolish)...she already had a new Florida driver's license.

At the time she was living in the boondocks near the Florida/Alabama border. Other than her infant son she had no family or friends nearby. Her husband was a commercial fisherman who was often away for weeks at a time. She had to use her car (actually, a nice classic pickup) to get food, etc.

She was pulled over several times, she was an easy target for the redneck sheriff. And it was always for something minor...broken tail light, etc. Her name popped up in the National Drivers License Compact Database and she was ticketed for driving with a suspended license. Little did we know, but if this happens several times (3 or 4?), it turns into a felony!

Well, to make a long story short: she served close to 3 months of a 6 month sentence in the county jail, it cost me a fortune in lawyer's fees, and now, because she is a hardened felon, it's illegal for her to possess a firearm to protect herself.