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I Am Not Going To Jail Today

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Yesterday around the country thousands of criminal defendants went to court. Some were found guilty, a few acquitted, some pled guilty, and one, in Broward County, Florida, died.Jon Ross, 29, did not receive the death penalty. He drowned, and left three young children without a father.Because of a new arrest on drug charges while out on bond, Judge Cynthia Imperato revoked his bond and ordered him into custody. Instead of taking a seat, he ran down 7 flights of stairs, out the door, into a canal, and drowned.When I heard this, I didn't know who the judge was. My first thought was to write some sarcastic piece about what I assumed happened. I of course assumed that upon the judge hearing about he death of the escapee, the reaction would be "next case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on January 31, 2009 (boomark / email).