So, ya think this will end in a lawsuit?

[jimpeel]

The justice system in action.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509231,00.html

Inmate Murdered After Put in Cell With Killer He Testified Against

Saturday, March 14, 2009

McALESTER, Okla. — A 23-year-old inmate beaten to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary had been put in a cell with convicted killer he had testified against.

Prison spokesman Jerry Massie says Paul Duran Jr. fought with one cellmate and then was put in a cell with Jessie James Dalton.

Duran was found beaten to death about 15 minutes later.

Massie says the two were not supposed to be put in the same cell and prison officials are trying to determine how it happened.

Duran and Dalton were co-defendants in the January 2002 shooting death of Billy Wayne Ray in Oklahoma City.

Duran pleaded guilty to a robbery charge and testified against Dalton who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole.

Massie says investigators will present their findings to a district attorney who will decide if criminal charges will be filed.

 

[catocom]

So, ya think this will end in a lawsuit?

that's a good one.

 

[Cerise]

Jesse James Dalton?

 

[jimpeel]

Jesse James Dalton?

Ya caught that one, eh? Named after 19th century criminals surely can have an influence on how one turns out.

 

[catocom]

Some people are starting to see through some of the pc, and wonder...
What's in a name, and what is honor to the average man?.

 

[Cerise]

It was more than just a bad idea to put him in the same cell. Probably a setup. And such a loss.


Holmes was an accessory to murder, even though a plea bargain reduced that crime.

Dalton was serving a life sentence for the March 2002 shooting death of Billy Ray Wayne, 19. Dalton, then 25, Duran and Warren Alan Plank, 16, carried guns as they broke into Wayne’s Oklahoma City home and demanded money from the family. Duran testified against Dalton in exchange for a lesser charge and a 28-year prison term, Smith said.