April 8, 2010 (WOODBINE, Ga.) -- Authorities say an inmate who broke out of jail, then returned after stealing 14 packs of cigarettes, has been sentenced to 20 years.
Prosecutors told The Florida Times-Union inmate Harry Jackson, 26, escaped his cell at the Camden County Jail last year and went to the exercise yard to retrieve cigarettes he had expected would be tossed over a fence.
They say that when the contraband wasn't there, Jackson scaled the fence, broke a window at a convenience store and grabbed cigarette packs only to be arrested upon his return.
Jackson pleaded guilty to burglary and escape charges Monday. Prosecutors say he had been jailed on charges including driving with a suspended license. His lawyer, William Ashe, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment
Monday, April 12, 2010
Typo Costs Prisoner 3 Extra Years In Indonesia Prison Inmate In Indonesia Spends 3 Extra Years Behind Bars Because Of Clerical Typo
(AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Thai man has been released from an Indonesian prison after spending three extra years behind bars because of a typo in his paperwork, a report said Friday.
Kamjai Khong Thavorn, 53, should have been released in 2007 after serving a 20-year sentence for heroin possession but a clerical error wrongly stated his first year in prison as 1997 instead of 1987, the Jakarta Globe reported.
Kamjai was released Thursday after he told Indonesia's justice minister of the mistake during a chance meeting on the minister's tour of the maximum security prison in Central Java, it said.
"We realized the mistake that was made, so he was released unconditionally," the prison's warden, Sutrisman, told the newspaper.
Kamjai has been taken to the Thai Embassy in Jakarta, the warden said.
Officials at the justice ministry and prison could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
Kamjai Khong Thavorn, 53, should have been released in 2007 after serving a 20-year sentence for heroin possession but a clerical error wrongly stated his first year in prison as 1997 instead of 1987, the Jakarta Globe reported.
Kamjai was released Thursday after he told Indonesia's justice minister of the mistake during a chance meeting on the minister's tour of the maximum security prison in Central Java, it said.
"We realized the mistake that was made, so he was released unconditionally," the prison's warden, Sutrisman, told the newspaper.
Kamjai has been taken to the Thai Embassy in Jakarta, the warden said.
Officials at the justice ministry and prison could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
April Fool's Day Gag
1985: Sports Illustrated published a story about a new rookie pitcher who planned to play for the Mets. His name was Sidd Finch, and he could reportedly throw a baseball at 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy. This was 65 mph faster than the previous record. Surprisingly, Sidd Finch had never even played the game before. Instead, he had mastered the “art of the pitch” in a Tibetan monastery under the guidance of the “great poet-saint Lama Milaraspa.” Mets fans celebrated their teams’ amazing luck at having found such a gifted player, and Sports Illustrated was flooded with requests for more information. In reality this legendary player only existed in the imagination of the author of the article, George Plimpton.
Just too stupid in my opinion, if they said the guy could throw 125 mph maybe that would have made this one a little more realistic but only a dope-head from the 80’s would fall for this poorly crafted fool’s joke.
Just too stupid in my opinion, if they said the guy could throw 125 mph maybe that would have made this one a little more realistic but only a dope-head from the 80’s would fall for this poorly crafted fool’s joke.
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