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2019-11-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Judge rejects convicted murderer's request to be freed from his life sentence because he had technically 'DIED' when his heart stopped during a medical emergency

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Posted by Fred 2019-11-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 This will be interesting in a legal sense because one of my buddies was reading more about this last night and the inmate had a 'do not resuscitate' order on himself and they did so anyway.

Posted by Raj 2019-11-09 00:18|| 2019-11-09 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 'unpersuasive and without merit'

But moderately amusing... what else is he going to do with his time?

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-09 08:15|| 2019-11-09 08:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Appeals court judge dismissed his claim as 'unpersuasive and without merit'

"Also, you are dead. So just shut up!"

Posted by SteveS 2019-11-09 09:53|| 2019-11-09 09:53|| Front Page Top

#4 If dead people can vote they should be able to do time too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-09 10:52|| 2019-11-09 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5
"Why Mr. Schreiber, consider this purgatory from this day on."

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-09 11:09|| 2019-11-09 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Clearly, his attorney didn't find the right judge.

Posted by Bobby 2019-11-09 11:31|| 2019-11-09 11:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Nice try.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-11-09 13:39|| 2019-11-09 13:39|| Front Page Top

#8 In this age of "feelings" where one can be anything one feels like they are, we can consider that he feel 'dead'. so go ahead and cremate him!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-11-09 14:08|| 2019-11-09 14:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, if they weren't supposed to bring him back, then under his own logic, they should just make him dead again.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-11-09 14:11|| 2019-11-09 14:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Since he died, terminating him wouldn't be murder now would it?

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-09 18:53|| 2019-11-09 18:53|| Front Page Top

#11 He wasn't dead dead.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-11-09 19:23|| 2019-11-09 19:23|| Front Page Top

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