More tales of innocents rotting in jail: The Feds kept Reynaldo Tovar-Valdivia in jail for two years AFTER a judge ordered his release. Apparently, the inmate got tired of waiting to be released and wrote the judge a polite letter asking that he re-issue the release order.
(Actually, this guy wasn't innocent - he had nine pounds of methamphetamine taped to his body when arrested. But the judge ordered him released because the search was illegal. So from a legal perspective, he was "Not Guilty.")
Link from Den Beste.
Posted by wasylik at June 5, 2002 10:23 AM