Chandra Levy disappearance solved?
August 31, 2001 9:23 PM Subscribe
I also have this crazy theory that judges and D.A's should have to spend a month or so in an out-of-state prison (so as not to meet people they've dealt with, or to be known commodities who might get preferential or especially harsh treatment) every few years, to keep them in tune how the other half lives. It's a sign of corruption in the system that a human life could just get lost like that.
It's this weird phobia that I have, that I could end up in jail or some other Brazil-like bureaucracy where I'd just get stuck in "the system" and not be able to get out. Some people are afraid of heights, me I'm afraid of the out-of-control machinations of human society. Go figure...
posted by hincandenza at 10:42 PM on August 31, 2001
posted by clavdivs at 8:03 AM on September 1, 2001
This happened in, I believe, Baltimore a few years ago; a man was held in the jail there for at least a year without being arraigned because of a records mixup. He was in for some petty crime (breaking and entering, or something like that) and as soon as they found him he was released immediately. And he did sue, and won, and then the state stepped in and took over the police department and did a major housecleaning. It had already been notorious for its inefficiency and incompetence, and this was the last straw. (I was trying to google for a reference to this but I couldn't find one. Maybe I'm remembering wrong and it wasn't Balmore.)
Of course, DC isn't part of any state; if that happens here I guess it would have to be that paragon of efficiency and competence, the FBI, which stepped in and took over. Heh.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 8:29 AM on September 1, 2001
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posted by dchase at 11:06 AM on September 1, 2001
posted by Hildago at 11:32 AM on September 1, 2001
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