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SaberGal
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 Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: Prison time for someone sharing a snack? |
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MCARTHUR, Ohio — A southern Ohio man has dodged what could have been another nine months in jail for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake with a fellow inmate.
The case involves 21-year-old Timothy Caudill, who last year was held in a residential community corrections program in Nelsonville for breaking into a bar. While there, prosecutors say he bought an oatmeal cream pie from a vending machine and shared it with a fellow inmate who wasn't allowed to eat the snack.
Prosecutors in Vinton County asked Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Simmons to revoke Caudill's probation and put him in prison for nine months.
Instead, Simmons says Caudill will spend 30 days behind bars and pay $1,500 for the jail stay.
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OMG - this is the straw that broke this camels back....get outta town! 30 days in jail for sharing a Little Debbie?? $1500 fine because the inmate he shared it with "was not allowed to have one" - when did that become a law? Absolute absurdity! Goodbye, free USA...we are living in a police state.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354718,00.html
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JUSTICE1st
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:11 am Post subject: Re: Prison time for someone sharing a snack? |
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| SaberGal wrote: | | Quote: |
MCARTHUR, Ohio — A southern Ohio man has dodged what could have been another nine months in jail for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake with a fellow inmate.
The case involves 21-year-old Timothy Caudill, who last year was held in a residential community corrections program in Nelsonville for breaking into a bar. While there, prosecutors say he bought an oatmeal cream pie from a vending machine and shared it with a fellow inmate who wasn't allowed to eat the snack.
Prosecutors in Vinton County asked Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Simmons to revoke Caudill's probation and put him in prison for nine months.
Instead, Simmons says Caudill will spend 30 days behind bars and pay $1,500 for the jail stay.
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OMG - this is the straw that broke this camels back....get outta town! 30 days in jail for sharing a Little Debbie?? $1500 fine because the inmate he shared it with "was not allowed to have one" - when did that become a law? Absolute absurdity! Goodbye, free USA...we are living in a police state.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354718,00.html |
The police and prosecutors obviously don't have enough REAL crimes to keep themselves busy, so they now have to invent some! As you said, Saber, it is absurd...and obscene. This kind of insanity is right up there with some of the ridiculous "crimes" mentioned in GW Law Professor Jonathan Turley's article "The Criminalization of America." 
J 
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SaberGal
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Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: Re: Prison time for someone sharing a snack? |
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| JUSTICE1st wrote: | | SaberGal wrote: | | Quote: |
MCARTHUR, Ohio — A southern Ohio man has dodged what could have been another nine months in jail for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake with a fellow inmate.
The case involves 21-year-old Timothy Caudill, who last year was held in a residential community corrections program in Nelsonville for breaking into a bar. While there, prosecutors say he bought an oatmeal cream pie from a vending machine and shared it with a fellow inmate who wasn't allowed to eat the snack.
Prosecutors in Vinton County asked Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Simmons to revoke Caudill's probation and put him in prison for nine months.
Instead, Simmons says Caudill will spend 30 days behind bars and pay $1,500 for the jail stay.
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OMG - this is the straw that broke this camels back....get outta town! 30 days in jail for sharing a Little Debbie?? $1500 fine because the inmate he shared it with "was not allowed to have one" - when did that become a law? Absolute absurdity! Goodbye, free USA...we are living in a police state.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354718,00.html |
The police and prosecutors obviously don't have enough REAL crimes to keep themselves busy, so they now have to invent some! As you said, Saber, it is absurd...and obscene. This kind of insanity is right up there with some of the ridiculous "crimes" mentioned in GW Law Professor Jonathan Turley's article "The Criminalization of America."
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I mean...seriously...sharing a snack? I thought, normally, sharing was a noble trait to be encouraged? So the guy shared some food with a friend....and that lands him another 30 days in prison and a $1500 fine? WTF? WTF is wrong with these people (LE) who consider themselves godlike?
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JUSTICE1st
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Prison time for someone sharing a snack? |
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| SaberGal wrote: | | JUSTICE1st wrote: | | SaberGal wrote: | | Quote: |
MCARTHUR, Ohio — A southern Ohio man has dodged what could have been another nine months in jail for sharing a Little Debbie snack cake with a fellow inmate.
The case involves 21-year-old Timothy Caudill, who last year was held in a residential community corrections program in Nelsonville for breaking into a bar. While there, prosecutors say he bought an oatmeal cream pie from a vending machine and shared it with a fellow inmate who wasn't allowed to eat the snack.
Prosecutors in Vinton County asked Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Simmons to revoke Caudill's probation and put him in prison for nine months.
Instead, Simmons says Caudill will spend 30 days behind bars and pay $1,500 for the jail stay.
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OMG - this is the straw that broke this camels back....get outta town! 30 days in jail for sharing a Little Debbie?? $1500 fine because the inmate he shared it with "was not allowed to have one" - when did that become a law? Absolute absurdity! Goodbye, free USA...we are living in a police state.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354718,00.html |
The police and prosecutors obviously don't have enough REAL crimes to keep themselves busy, so they now have to invent some! As you said, Saber, it is absurd...and obscene. This kind of insanity is right up there with some of the ridiculous "crimes" mentioned in GW Law Professor Jonathan Turley's article "The Criminalization of America."
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I mean...seriously...sharing a snack? I thought, normally, sharing was a noble trait to be encouraged? So the guy shared some food with a friend....and that lands him another 30 days in prison and a $1500 fine? WTF? WTF is wrong with these people (LE) who consider themselves godlike? |
Saber, I honestly have no idea WTH is wrong with some of these L.E. imbeciles. I call it the punishment mentality, which doesn't seem to have one tiny ounce of humanity in it. There are some idiots in L.E., including the prison industry, who are so fixated on punishment that it has literally drained out all the kindness and humanity they had. Assuming some of these morons had any to begin with. 
You might want to post this over at the I.S. boards and see what kind of reaction you get. I'll bet you a cyber beer that the GUPIs will have some kind of "serves the guy right for breaking the law" attitude, not having a freaking clue that the law was a totally moronic one to begin with. As I said, IMBECILES! 
J
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Tam5115
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
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Location: Wisconsin
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I'll bet you a cyber beer that the GUPIs will have some kind of "serves the guy right for breaking the law" attitude, not having a freaking clue that the law was a totally moronic one to begin with. As I said, IMBECILES! Mad |
I won't even make that bet. Why don't we just buy each other a beer and go on from there?
I'll never understand the GUPI's, ever!
This is absolutely ridiculous considering the fact that people can be put on death row without any evidence whatsoever! How am I supposed to think and feel when I see that people are convicted based on no evidence? Things that should have never been brought to trial in the first place![/quote] |
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JUSTICE1st
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Tam5115 wrote: | | Quote: | | I'll bet you a cyber beer that the GUPIs will have some kind of "serves the guy right for breaking the law" attitude, not having a freaking clue that the law was a totally moronic one to begin with. As I said, IMBECILES! Mad |
I won't even make that bet. Why don't we just buy each other a beer and go on from there? I'll never understand the GUPI's, ever!
This is absolutely ridiculous considering the fact that people can be put on death row without any evidence whatsoever! How am I supposed to think and feel when I see that people are convicted based on no evidence? Things that should have never been brought to trial in the first place! |
Hi Tam, buying the beer works for me!  I'm working on something for WSY that won't be ready until tomorrow, but something everyone can contribute to or put their "two cents worth" in.
Frankly, I'm tired of some of the idiots in law enforcement and nonsense just like this. This was an act of simple common decency and kindness in a place we don't normally expect to find it. While it doesn't have to be rewarded, it should NEVER have to be punished with a 30-day prison sentence!
J
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