Reply With QuoteWhat about charges against the county officials responsible?
Surely them saying "oops, our bad, here have some taxpayer money" is not the end of it.
Man Held in Solitary Confinement 2 Years After DWI Gets $22M
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01-26-2012, 07:55 AM #1Sancho
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Man Held in Solitary Confinement 2 Years After DWI Gets $22M
A man who spent two years in solitary confinement after getting arrested for DWI was awarded $22 million for suffering inhumane treatment in New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail.
Stephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2005 for driving while intoxicated, according to NBC station KOB.com. He said he never got a trial and spent the entire time languishing in solitary, even pulling his own tooth when he was denied dental care.
"'[Prison officials were] walking by me every day, watching me deteriorate," he said. "Day after day after day, they did nothing, nothing at all, to get me any help."
Slevin said he made countless requests to see a doctor to get medication for his depression, but wasn't allowed to see one until only a few weeks before his release. He also never got to see a judge.
The $22 million settlement, awarded by a federal jury on Tuesday, is one of the largest prisoner civil rights settlements in U.S. history, according to KOB.com.
"I wanted people to know that there are people at The Dona Ana County Jail that are doing things like this to people and getting away with it," Slevin, who now suffers from PTSD and believes he will have to take medication for life as a result, said. "Why they did what they did, I have no idea."
Neither the county nor Slevin's attorney returned phone calls from msnbc.com, but Slevin's attorney, Matt Coyte, told KOB.com, "I have never been with or seen a braver man who stood up to these guys for what they did to him ... [This case] It affects everybody and it's not good for this country. It's not good for Mr. Slevin for sure and it's not good for this country. It has to stop."
Man Held in Solitary Confinement 2 Years After DWI Gets $22M | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthIf ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face
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01-26-2012, 10:15 AM #3YOU ME WE ELITE MEMBER
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Whoa!
Been to NM, but never to Dona Ana County. But that's just the incentive I need to never, ever visit that place.
This does need to be remedied, though. Somebody has to be held accountable, what is this, Old Mexico?
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I've always wanted to visit NM but stayed away and will always stay away, because of screwed up things like this, that is one messed up state!
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2 years 22 million hmmmm. sign me up for dwi in new mexico.
seriously though how the hell did this happen? i hope they get to the bottom of it and shake loose every rat.
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I hate drunk drivers with a passion, but to throw a man in solitary without due process and deny him medical attention sounds like Taliban style justice... Everyone responsible needs to be sent to Kandahar for a couple of years of rehabilitation....
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$22 million is not enough. Jail time is warranted for those cops and/or officials.
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Wonder how many similar stories are out there. This guy can't be the only one.
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Good to see our tax dollars hard at work.
"Slevin, 58, was arrested in August 2005 and charged with driving while intoxicated and receiving a stolen vehicle near Las Cruces. His lawyers said the prison segregated him because he had a lifelong history of mental illness".
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Jesus. No dental and no barbers?
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Mentally ill with 22.000.000, anybody not like the sound of that?
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Hopefully 22 million can buy some good weapons and explosives, and a team of private detectives to find out where everyone involved lives. Not sure I could have that done to me and not kill some people over it.
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Hard to believe he got out at all. Had those involved known he'd receive 22 million I bet he would have had an unfortunate accident in prison. Originally Posted by KelJu
How did he get out? Buried for two years? Did he have an advocate who heard the story?
Stephen Slevin suffered post traumatic stress syndrome while in a New Mexico prison.
The one comment noted, "guys the town has insurance your city insurance policies will go up".
Wonder if that's where the 22 million will come from.
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I would happily do two years in solitary for that money.
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Bet he won't drive drunk again
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it's easy to say i'd do 2 years for 22 million but he had the added anguish of not knowing there was a cap on the time.
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Hard to get a DWI while being driven around town in a stretch limo.... Originally Posted by Dale Mabry
He'll buy a mansion and end up not being able to sleep in any room except for the linen closet....Coarse edged youth, the irish pendants string from their smiles
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Thats actually really sad.
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It happens more often than you think.they fugured he's mental the courts would write him off... Originally Posted by Curt James
Hard to believe he got out at all. Had those involved known he'd receive 22 million I bet he would have had an unfortunate accident in prison.
How did he get out? Buried for two years? Did he have an advocate who heard the story?
Stephen Slevin suffered post traumatic stress syndrome while in a New Mexico prison.
The one comment noted, "guys the town has insurance your city insurance policies will go up".
Wonder if that's where the 22 million will come from.
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Certainly not in that state. Originally Posted by Dale Mabry
Or at least one would freaking hope!
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2 year fap session = $22M?
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When he got out the first thing he did was get a drink.......................
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