Wednesday, September 3, 2008

New Inmate Vocational Training Program: Murder

O, the drama...From the Wisconsin State Journal:
A Wisconsin prison guard solicited an inmate to kill her former son-in-law, then framed him for prison rules violations when he refused to do it, the inmate claimed in a $2 million federal civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday.
There are so many great parts to this story. First, the payment: $2500 and a plane ticket to Hawaii, where the murder was to take place. Like gun in one hand, drink with little umbrella in the other; do the deed in the morning, and still have time to catch a great wave in the afternoon. And is $2500 the going rate for murder nowadays or did she just figure she'd get a prison guard discount?

When the inmate declined (go figure), the criminal mastermind "then asked Rice if he knew any women who would meet her former son-in-law, seduce him and falsely accuse him of rape." Gotta give her a P for Persistence.

When the inmate declined again, the guard reportedly became angry and accused him of "being like all the other men in her life." What, all those other men you tried to bribe into killing someone? Those men?

She then (allegedly) conspired to falsely accuse the inmate of rule violations in retaliation. I have to say, only an idiot would do retaliate against an inmate who had dirt on her, so this really casts doubt on the inmate's complaint. I don't care if it's all a fraud - I give the inmate points for a great story.

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