Sunday, March 15, 2009

Inmate placed in cell with convict he testified against meets predictable end

Prison officials at Oklahoma State Penitentiary moved an inmate into a cell housing another inmate he'd previously testified against, with predictable results.
An inmate was beaten and found dead Wednesday night just 15 minutes after being placed in a cell with a man he had testified against, a state prisons spokesman said.

Paul David Duran Jr., 23, had been in an altercation with another cellmate and then was placed in a cell with Jessie James Dalton, 32, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, state Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie said. Only Dalton walked out alive.
With a name like that, he was born to be in prison.

4 comments:

Mr. Bingley said...

That's an amazing level of incompetence. My Spider Senses tell me they'll be a bit of a payout to his family.

Charles said...

It could have been on purpose....

Eric said...

Yeah, Chuck, I was kinda thinking the same thing myself. The article says the guy was moved to the new cell after an "altercation" with another inmate.

Eric said...

Bing...

His family's gonna get rich, no doubt.