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BARTOW, Fla. – James Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.
Mobile devices didn't exist in 1974, the year he was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping a 9-year-old boy and raping him in a nearby field.
Neither did the sophisticated DNA testing that officials more recently used to determine he could not have been the rapist.
"Nothing can replace the years Jamie has lost," said Seth Miller, a lawyer for the Florida Innocence Project, which helped Bain win freedom. "Today is a day of renewal."
Bain spent more time in prison than any of the 246 inmates previously exonerated by DNA evidence nationwide, according to the project. The longest-serving before him was James Lee Woodard of Dallas, who was released last year after spending more than 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.
As Bain walked out of the Polk County courthouse Thursday, wearing a black T-shirt that said "not guilty," he spoke of his deep faith and said he does not harbor any anger.
"No, I'm not angry," he said. "Because I've got God."
The 54-year-old said he looks forward to eating fried turkey and drinking Dr Pepper. He said he also hopes to go back to school.
Friends and family surrounded him as he left the courthouse after Judge James Yancey ordered him freed. His 77-year-old mother, who is in poor health, preferred to wait for him at home. With a broad smile, he said he looks forward to spending time with her and the rest of his family.
"That's the most important thing in my life right now, besides God," he said.
Earlier, the courtroom erupted in applause after Yancey ruled.
"Mr. Bain, I'm now signing the order," Yancey said. "You're a free man. Congratulations."
Thursday's hearing was delayed 40 minutes because prosecutors were on the phone with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. DNA tests were expedited at the department's lab and ultimately proved Bain innocent. Prosecutors filed a motion to vacate the conviction and the sentence.
"He's just not connected to this particular incident," State Attorney Jerry Hill told the judge.
Attorneys from the Innocence Project of Florida got involved in Bain's case earlier this year after he had filed several previous petitions asking for DNA testing, all of which were thrown out.
A judge finally ordered the tests and the results from a respected private lab in Cincinnati came in last week, setting the wheels in motion for Thursday's hearing. The Innocence Project had called for Bain's release by Christmas.
He was convicted largely on the strength of the victim's eyewitness identification, though testing available at the time did not definitively link him to the crime. The boy said his attacker had bushy sideburns and a mustache. The boy's uncle, a former assistant principal at a high school, said it sounded like Bain, a former student.
The boy picked Bain out of a photo lineup, although there are lingering questions about whether detectives steered him.
The jury rejected Bain's story that he was home watching TV with his twin sister when the crime was committed, an alibi she repeated at a news conference last week. He was 19 when he was sentenced.
Ed Threadgill, who prosecuted the case originally, said he didn't recall all the specifics, but the conviction seemed right at the time.
"I wish we had had that evidence back when we were prosecuting cases. I'm ecstatic the man has been released," said Threadgill, now a 77-year-old retired appeals court judge. "The whole system is set up to keep that from happening. It failed."
Eric Ferrero, spokesman for the Innocence Project, said a DNA profile can be extracted from decades-old evidence if it has been preserved properly. That means sealed in a bag and stored in a climate-controlled place, which is how most evidence is handled as a matter of routine.
The project has a bigger problem with lost or destroyed evidence than getting usable DNA profiles from existing evidence, he said.
Florida last year passed a law that automatically grants former inmates found innocent $50,000 for each year they spent in prison. No legislative approval is needed. That means Bain is entitled to $1.75 million.
Dude ...1.75 million...for 35 years...dude its not like it was from 45-80
IT WAS 19-54.....Thats the best years..Its really fucked up
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I'm really happy he's out. 1.75 is a slap across the face...I guess after 35 years the anger goes away, otherwise you'd go nuts.
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1.75 million is a joke.....most getbiggers spend that in a weekend
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Fucked up shit. They can take away his whole life and drop $1.75M. Doctors make a mistake or two people get killed in Brentwood and it's $35M.
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1.75 million is what most Getbiggers make it rain with in Atlantic City.
Of course, it is easy for most of us, as the casinos and clubs sponsor our stay, so we don't have to pay for a suite or food.
hilarious
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Some fucked up shit !!
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who knows if he would have maybe been a pro ball player...and that could have been a year signing bonus
or maybe invent something...
thats all fucked up
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To bad he is getting taxed on the moneys...fuck that is brutal.
If he was a getbigger we would have to break him out
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1.75 million is a joke.....most getbiggers spend that in a weekend
Evel Knievel: “The country singer Garth Brooks once said that he’s made more money than he could ever spend,” quipped Knievel. “Write me a check Garth – I’ll show you how to spend it in 24 hours.”
http://weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com/evelknievel/bio.html
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I know this might start a debate, but this is one of the reasons why I personally approve of the "short" sentences. 10 years from murder for example.
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I'd use that insulting amount of pocket change for legal fees and go for more. Fuck that!!!
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I know this might start a debate, but this is one of the reasons why I personally approve of the "short" sentences. 10 years from murder for example.
Titus has learned his lesson
there's no need to prolong his punishment
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who knows if he would have maybe been a pro ball player...and that could have been a year signing bonus
or maybe invent something...
thats all fucked up
All for the better.... time well spent.
Would have prob robbed a liquor sto, raped a ho or capped a mofo and landed in there anyway.
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If you're going to accuse someone of something like that you better be 100% sure. "oh he had sideburns and a bushy mustache, must've been him!"
Also, at this time he's probably not too mad about being given 1.75mil... probably just happy to be free.
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Titus has learned his lesson
there's no need to prolong his punishment
So true. :'(
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Alcatraz is rough
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Thanks to Janet Reno there are many more innocent men in Florida's jails due to the hysteria she created in the 80's over alleged child abuse. Fact is children lie, and the so called child psychologists encourging them to lie.
We have to stop believing whatever children say and stop demonizing men in the media.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/etc/miami.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/etc/miami.html)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/interviews/fuster.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/interviews/fuster.html)
http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/educate/reno/ (http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/educate/reno/)
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fucked up. That's a lot of life moments he was robbed of.
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BARTOW, Fla. – James Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.
Mobile devices didn't exist in 1974, the year he was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping a 9-year-old boy and raping him in a nearby field.
Neither did the sophisticated DNA testing that officials more recently used to determine he could not have been the rapist.
"Nothing can replace the years Jamie has lost," said Seth Miller, a lawyer for the Florida Innocence Project, which helped Bain win freedom. "Today is a day of renewal."
Bain spent more time in prison than any of the 246 inmates previously exonerated by DNA evidence nationwide, according to the project. The longest-serving before him was James Lee Woodard of Dallas, who was released last year after spending more than 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.
As Bain walked out of the Polk County courthouse Thursday, wearing a black T-shirt that said "not guilty," he spoke of his deep faith and said he does not harbor any anger.
"No, I'm not angry," he said. "Because I've got God."
The 54-year-old said he looks forward to eating fried turkey and drinking Dr Pepper. He said he also hopes to go back to school.
Friends and family surrounded him as he left the courthouse after Judge James Yancey ordered him freed. His 77-year-old mother, who is in poor health, preferred to wait for him at home. With a broad smile, he said he looks forward to spending time with her and the rest of his family.
"That's the most important thing in my life right now, besides God," he said.
Earlier, the courtroom erupted in applause after Yancey ruled.
"Mr. Bain, I'm now signing the order," Yancey said. "You're a free man. Congratulations."
Thursday's hearing was delayed 40 minutes because prosecutors were on the phone with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. DNA tests were expedited at the department's lab and ultimately proved Bain innocent. Prosecutors filed a motion to vacate the conviction and the sentence.
"He's just not connected to this particular incident," State Attorney Jerry Hill told the judge.
Attorneys from the Innocence Project of Florida got involved in Bain's case earlier this year after he had filed several previous petitions asking for DNA testing, all of which were thrown out.
A judge finally ordered the tests and the results from a respected private lab in Cincinnati came in last week, setting the wheels in motion for Thursday's hearing. The Innocence Project had called for Bain's release by Christmas.
He was convicted largely on the strength of the victim's eyewitness identification, though testing available at the time did not definitively link him to the crime. The boy said his attacker had bushy sideburns and a mustache. The boy's uncle, a former assistant principal at a high school, said it sounded like Bain, a former student.
The boy picked Bain out of a photo lineup, although there are lingering questions about whether detectives steered him.
The jury rejected Bain's story that he was home watching TV with his twin sister when the crime was committed, an alibi she repeated at a news conference last week. He was 19 when he was sentenced.
Ed Threadgill, who prosecuted the case originally, said he didn't recall all the specifics, but the conviction seemed right at the time.
"I wish we had had that evidence back when we were prosecuting cases. I'm ecstatic the man has been released," said Threadgill, now a 77-year-old retired appeals court judge. "The whole system is set up to keep that from happening. It failed."
Eric Ferrero, spokesman for the Innocence Project, said a DNA profile can be extracted from decades-old evidence if it has been preserved properly. That means sealed in a bag and stored in a climate-controlled place, which is how most evidence is handled as a matter of routine.
The project has a bigger problem with lost or destroyed evidence than getting usable DNA profiles from existing evidence, he said.
Florida last year passed a law that automatically grants former inmates found innocent $50,000 for each year they spent in prison. No legislative approval is needed. That means Bain is entitled to $1.75 million.
Dude ...1.75 million...for 35 years...dude its not like it was from 45-80
IT WAS 19-54.....Thats the best years..Its really fucked up
It was gods plan..............
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It was gods plan..............
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You got to learn to read, retard. He is not mad and is forgiving because of his faith, he not saying it was God's plan to stick him in prison. ::)
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now he must pay fed, state and local taxes
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You got to learn to read, retard. He is not mad and is forgiving because of his faith, he not saying it was God's plan to stick him in prison. ::)
Hey retard, if he has "god" , why didn't he just spare him this bullshit in the first fucking place? Is that beyond your comprehension, genius?
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now he must pay fed, state and local taxes
LOL....I hope not. That would suck. That's the type of thing that makes people go apeshit....
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Hey retard, if he has "god" , why didn't he just spare him this bullshit in the first fucking place? Is that beyond your comprehension, genius?
no retard, You were twisting his words and got caught. ::) stupid asshat ::) ::)
You and, I for that matter, don't know what his religion he is, find that out first before you start trying to comprehend higher motives.
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no retard, You were twisting his words and got caught. ::) stupid asshat ::) ::)
You and, I for that matter, don't know what his religion he is, find that out first before you start trying to comprehend higher motives.
Relax....go turn on your Ipod and play some Lady Gaga, or something....
I still think you missed the point I was making. BTW, WTF is an "ass hat"? Would those be the same thing as Pants?
Also, what's a "higher motive"?
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Titus has learned his lesson
there's no need to prolong his punishment
DNA will prove it was Kamali
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He probably committed other murders but the cops framed him on this one...
after he's released he will be rearrested within one year...mark my word..
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He probably committed other murders but the cops framed him on this one...
after he's released he will be rearrested within one year...mark my word..
your probably right. He had to be on some kind of radar to begin with. If not though I think the people who put him behind bars (if alive) should do a few years now. They took this mans life.
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it could have been worse.
they could have given him the death penalty before finding out the truth..
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Hey retard, if he has "god" , why didn't he just spare him this bullshit in the first fucking place? Is that beyond your comprehension, genius?
If something good happens, it was God's will.
If something bad happens...well, God works in mysterious ways.
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If something good happens, it was God's will.
If something bad happens...well, God works in mysterious ways.
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all truth.
God has a plan for that little girl in a 3rd world shit hole that suffers from Aids, Malaria, Cancer, No parents and pregnant, eating bugs out of a bowl made from petrified elephant shit while caring for her 13 brothers and sisters at the tender age of 8. Yeah, some fucking plan. :-\
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If something good happens, it was God's will.
If something bad happens...well, God works in mysterious ways.
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all truth.
God has a plan for that little girl in a 3rd world shit hole that suffers from Aids, Malaria, Cancer, No parents and pregnant, eating bugs out of a bowl made from petrified elephant shit while caring for her 13 brothers and sisters at the tender age of 8. Yeah, some fucking plan. Undecided
Exactly. But...but... we just don't understand this great being who loves us all, but tortures us for his entertainment. ::)
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Florida last year passed a law that automatically grants former inmates found innocent $50,000 for each year they spent in prison. No legislative approval is needed. That means Bain is entitled to $1.75 million.
Dude ...1.75 million...for 35 years...dude its not like it was from 45-80
IT WAS 19-54.....Thats the best years..Its really fucked up
There has been cases in the Uk where prisoners that have been wrongly convicted have had to pay for their board and lodgings whilst in prison out of their compensation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-505428/Victim-false-rape-claim-pay-12-500-bed-board-jail.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-505428/Victim-false-rape-claim-pay-12-500-bed-board-jail.html)
Victim of false rape claim must pay £12,500 for bed and board in jailBy SAM GREENHILL
Last updated at 00:00 01 January 2008
Comments (0) Add to My Stories A man wrongly jailed when a woman cried rape has failed to prevent being charged £12,500 for his "board and lodging" while in prison.
Warren Blackwell, 38, spent three years in jail as a convicted sex attacker until his 'victim' was unmasked as a fantasist.
It was revealed he has been awarded £252,500 compensation for his lost years - but minus the estimated cost of his food and accommodation while behind bars.
Mr Blackwell said he had failed to stop the money being siphoned off after his lawyer told him there was little to be done about it.
The father-of-two, said: "It's the principle of the thing. They slam you in jail for three years and four months, brand you a sex attacker, leave your family to cope without you, then turn around and say sorry but demand £12,500 for living expenses incurred during your time inside.
"I tried to fight against it but my solicitor says the only hope of overturning the decision would be to go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights. I would probably use up all the compensation money on legal fees if I did that."
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Warren Blackwell, with wife Tanya, is being charged £12,500 for his 'board and lodging' in prison despite being wrongly jailed
Mr Blackwell was jailed on the word of a woman who claims he seized her at knifepoint outside a village club early on New Year's Day 1999, marched her down an alleyway and indecently assaulted her.
She picked him out of an identity parade and a jury found him guilty, even though there was no forensic evidence and he had no previous convictions.
His wife Tanya never doubted him and an investigation by the Criminal Cases Review Commission later discovered that his accuser had invented the story.
Not only did Mr Blackwell not commit the crime, but the crime had never taken place.
It also emerged she was a serial accuser, having fabricated at least seven other allegations of sexual and physical assault against blameless men.
She kept changing her name and moving around, so police forces never realised they were dealing with the same woman.
Mr Blackwell, of Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire, was dramatically cleared at the Appeal Court in 2005, and lodged a formal bid for compensation.
It was accepted by the Government, but left to an assessor to calculate the actual amount. The assessor has now estimated that the portion of Mr Blackwell's compensation for loss of earnings - put at just over £70,000 - should be cut by 20 per cent to cover his "living expenses."
But Mr Blackwell said: "If murderers and robbers don't get charged for their time in the clanger, how come an innocent man does? It doesn't make sense and it is plain discrimination."
His solicitor, Robert Berg, said: "The adjudicator made a fair award of compensation for the suffering caused in this miscarriage of justice, however it is very unfair to charge him board and lodging.
"It is illogical that someone should have to pay for a punishment - which prison is - that should never have been given in the first place.
"Even though he was in prison, it doesn't mean there were no living expenses at his home. His family was still there, having to feed themselves and manage the home.
"So they cooked one less pork chop because he wasn't there - it's hardly a great saving, is it?"
The practice of charging "bed and breakfast" was challenged in 2007 by the Bridgewater Three, the men wrongly convicted of murdering newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater in 1978, but the principle was upheld by the House of Lords.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-505428/Victim-false-rape-claim-pay-12-500-bed-board-jail.html#ixzz0a1th6dGo
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Relax....go turn on your Ipod and play some Lady Gaga, or something....
I still think you missed the point I was making. BTW, WTF is an "ass hat"? Would those be the same thing as Pants?
Also, what's a "higher motive"?
nice come back ass pants. ::) ::)
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I don't know whether there's a tax exemption on any part of the award, but assuming he pays out 35% in taxes, at a conservative 6% return, he could earn $70,000 a year in interest. So long as he doesn't buy a lot of stuff for his homies and gets a job at some point in the next couple of years, he should be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life.
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1.75 million= cigarettes and a lot of Malt Liquor ;D
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Thanks to Janet Reno there are many more innocent men in Florida's jails due to the hysteria she created in the 80's over alleged child abuse. Fact is children lie, and the so called child psychologists encourging them to lie.
We have to stop believing whatever children say and stop demonizing men in the media.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/etc/miami.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/etc/miami.html)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/interviews/fuster.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fuster/interviews/fuster.html)
http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/educate/reno/ (http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/educate/reno/)
Settle down there pedo boy
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I would hunt down that fucking Uncle Right away
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I would hunt down that fucking Uncle Right away
So he could moleste you too? :D
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So he could moleste you too? :D
why would you want that wiggs?
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Well isnt there a thing called double jeopardy where you cannot be convicted of the same crime twice? The little boy is what, 40 now? Probably has a wife and kids. Im sure he developed some sort of homo tendacies in jail for 35yrs, and if not pop a cialis and deal with it.....id go find the guy (since he picked him out of a lineup) and ass rape him in front of his family and then call the cops myself and smile.....nothing they can do about it....
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Well, the guy would most likely have commited some other crime if he was out on the street anyway.
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Well isnt there a thing called double jeopardy where you cannot be convicted of the same crime twice? The little boy is what, 40 now? Probably has a wife and kids. Im sure he developed some sort of homo tendacies in jail for 35yrs, and if not pop a cialis and deal with it.....id go find the guy (since he picked him out of a lineup) and ass rape him in front of his family and then call the cops myself and smile.....nothing they can do about it....
damn bro...thats pretty sick
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Well isnt there a thing called double jeopardy where you cannot be convicted of the same crime twice? The little boy is what, 40 now? Probably has a wife and kids. Im sure he developed some sort of homo tendacies in jail for 35yrs, and if not pop a cialis and deal with it.....id go find the guy (since he picked him out of a lineup) and ass rape him in front of his family and then call the cops myself and smile.....nothing they can do about it....
Ummmm, not that you are coherent enough to warrant a comment, but if he "ass raped" the guy in your gay fantasy scenario, he would be commiting a new crime and therefore the double jeopardy wouldn't apply.
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Well isnt there a thing called double jeopardy where you cannot be convicted of the same crime twice? The little boy is what, 40 now? Probably has a wife and kids. Im sure he developed some sort of homo tendacies in jail for 35yrs, and if not pop a cialis and deal with it.....id go find the guy (since he picked him out of a lineup) and ass rape him in front of his family and then call the cops myself and smile.....nothing they can do about it....
haha something tells me you didn't need to pop a cialis while writing this homosexual fantasy, "needsit2behuge"
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haha something tells me you didn't need to pop a cialis while writing this homosexual fantasy, "needsit2behuge"
haha, mass are you saying that "needsit2behuge" is just disappointed that he missed out on all the man on man action that this guy had for the last 35 years?
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haha, mass are you saying that "needsit2behuge" is just disappointed that he missed out on all the man on man action that this guy had for the last 35 years?
haah yes, if being a turd burglar was a felony "need2spitsplooge" would be doing 12 life sentences.
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haah yes, if being a turd burglar was a felony "need2spitsplooge" would be doing 12 life sentences.
haha, yes he's the kinda guy who goes to a video store and complains to the clerk that he rented "boys behind bars 2" and was offended by it. Not because of the gay content, but because it just wasn't realistic enough according to his personal experience....
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haha, yes he's the kinda guy who goes to a video store and complains to the clerk that he rented "boys behind bars 2" and was offended by it. Not because of the gay content, but because it just wasn't realistic enough according to his personal experience....
are you implying that while checking the paper "needs2dudes" found an ad reading "Bear Hunters Wanted". He proceeds to dress in his assless chaps, Hulkamania tank top, leather cowboy hat, and 6 inch heels and head down for an interview. When the interviewer asks him how he intends to shoot bears in such an outfit, he replies "I don't want to kill them, i just want to suck their dicks." Gayer than windchill factors.
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are you implying that while checking the paper "needs2dudes" found an ad reading "Bear Hunters Wanted". He proceeds to dress in his assless chaps, Hulkamania tank top, leather cowboy hat, and 6 inch heels and head down for an interview. When the interviewer asks him how he intends to shoot bears in such an outfit, he replies "I don't want to kill them, i just want to suck their dicks." Gayer than windchill factors.
HAHAHA, are you suggesting needs2havehugecocks is the kind of "guy", who when his workpals go through his pink versace bag and find the porn flick "Bitanic", he replies in a high pitch voice that the hung muscular stud behind the desk at blockbuster is Dyslexic and needs a good spanking?
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HAHAHA, are you suggesting needs2havehugecocks is the kind of "guy", who when his workpals go through his pink versace bag and find the porn flick "Bitanic", he replies in a high pitch voice that the hung muscular stud behind the desk at blockbuster is Dyslexic and needs a good spanking?
haaha yes, and then to distract his coworkers from the awkward situation he shows them a magic trick and sits on his coffee cup and makes it dissapear.
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HAHAHA, are you suggesting needs2havehugecocks is the kind of "guy", who when his workpals go through his pink versace bag and find the porn flick "Bitanic", he replies in a high pitch voice that the hung muscular stud behind the desk at blockbuster is Dyslexic and needs a good spanking?
HAHAHAHA please tell me you arent suggesting need2haveassravaged 's underwear have shit stains in the back as well as the front.
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haaha yes, and then to distract his coworkers from the awkward situation he shows them a magic trick and sits on his coffee cup and makes it dissapear.
I heard he'd been signed by David Copperfield and was going to make the Empire State Building disappear and reappear in his boyfriends mouth.
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haha, yes fella's he is the kinda guy who gets in a cab and asks the cabbie to take him where the manmeat lurks....adding that he isn't gay, but just likes an occasional ass-flogging from a strapping young lad to keep him honest.
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haha, yes fella's he is the kinda guy who gets in a cab and asks the cabbie to take him where the manmeat lurks....adding that he isn't gay, but just likes an occasional ass-flogging from a strapping young lad to keep him honest.
:D :D LMAO
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:D :D LMAO
Wait, so what you're saying is when people ask him if he wants a cookie he responds yes but only if you'll get in a circle and shoot oreo cream manjuice all over it first?
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The guy should get at least $400 for every night he's been in prison.
That's a very low price for a man's freedom.
That would make it 400*365*35 = 5 110 000
I doubt nobody would sit in prison for 35 years for 5 million dollars.
But it's at least some kind of justification.
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now he must pay fed, state and local taxes
Are you sure? Usually, court awarded money is not taxed. When you win a lawsuit, it is not considered "income"
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The guy should get at least $400 for every night he's been in prison.
That's a very low price for a man's freedom.
That would make it 400*365*35 = 5 110 000
I doubt nobody would sit in prison for 35 years for 5 million dollars.
But it's at least some kind of justification.
when you go to jail for unpaid child support, every day in jail is like ?10 bucks? or something like that.
so that's 127750