Forgotten Inmate Gets $15.5 Million | Drudge Retort

Saturday, March 09, 2013

Forgotten Inmate Gets $15.5 Million

Stephen Slevin's 22 months in solitary confinement in a county jail left him traumatized and physically weak, but he'll soon be a multimillionaire for his suffering. The New Mexico county that locked him up on a drunk driving charge, isolated him from other inmates and accused of essentially forgetting about him for nearly two years agreed this week to settle his lawsuit for $15.5 million. Slevin, now 59, went to jail in August 2005 as "a well nourished, physically healthy adult," but emerged with a long beard, bed sores, bad teeth and weighing just 133 pounds in June 2007, according to the lawsuit.

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FTA: "After 22 months as a pretrial detainee, Slevin was released and the charges dismissed. He then filed suit, claiming his rights of due process were violated since he was not given a hearing before being placed in solitary confinement."

#1 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-03-09 04:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

That is sad. I doubt the millions will ever come close to compensating him for what he lost.

#2 | Posted by 726 at 2013-03-09 06:51 AM | Reply | Flag:

I would accept nothing less then the badges and contents of EVERY guard and eputies Retirment funds, in ADDITION to the 15mil.

#3 | Posted by GotTruth at 2013-03-09 07:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

*deputies.

#4 | Posted by GotTruth at 2013-03-09 07:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

"That is sad. I doubt the millions will ever come close to compensating him for what he lost."

Beyond adding a few dozen expletives there isn't anything I could contribute beyond that.

#5 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-09 08:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

the not knowing when you are getting out would have been unimaginable torture.

#6 | Posted by AuntieSocial at 2013-03-09 09:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

And no one got fired....

#7 | Posted by rearendhat at 2013-03-09 09:10 AM | Reply | Flag:

I do believe if he was muslim or could speak spanish he wouldn't of been detained at all.

#8 | Posted by SamSpade at 2013-03-09 11:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Wouldn't of", Sam?

Irony flag.

#9 | Posted by TheTom at 2013-03-09 11:52 AM | Reply | Flag:

Geeze is there no end to people finding some way to get those damned entitlements out of the taxpayers pockets?

#10 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2013-03-09 01:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

"the not knowing when you are getting out would have been unimaginable torture."

Yeah, and isn't it great that it has only taken six years since he got out to finally settle his suit? Two things really make my ass wanna chew tobacco...that the lawyers walked away with over five million and that the taxpayers in New Mexico are screwed for the whole thing. There may have been some liability insurance involved but the cost will be passed down in higher premiums to the taxpayers just the same. Anybody and everybody involved should serve some time themselves.

#11 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2013-03-09 02:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's hard to tell from the article, but it appears he wasn't even arraigned the next morning to set bail. They just threw him in a cell. The Sheriff of Doña Ana county should have been brought up on charges. Why officials get away with this without punishment is an even bigger mystery to me.

#12 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-03-09 03:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Why officials get away with this without punishment is an even bigger mystery to me.

Because half the country is of the opinion "Well the guy they locked up was probably guilty of something anyway."

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2013-03-09 04:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Forgotten Inmate Gets $15.5 Million"

The word "forgotten" here is WAY too charitable.

#14 | Posted by TheTom at 2013-03-09 10:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sounds like a macabre version of "Office Space".

#15 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-09 11:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Simply a mind-blowing story of inconceivable injustice.

#16 | Posted by cbob at 2013-03-10 02:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is terrible. The guy looks like the ghost of a person. How can this happen? How often does it happen???

#17 | Posted by BruceBanner at 2013-03-10 02:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

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