Funeral set for NYC inmate who died in hot cell

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Funeral set for NYC inmate who died in hot cell
By JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press | April 25, 2014 | Updated: April 25, 2014 1:32am

NEW YORK (AP) — A modest funeral service has been planned for a homeless former Marine who was found dead more than two months ago in an overheated New York City jail cell.

The family of 56-year-old Jerome Murdough (muhr-DOH') says he'll lie in a closed casket in a Queens funeral parlor while family members say prayers on Friday.

They say his body will then be taken by hearse to a New Jersey cemetery for burial.

The medical examiner has not yet determined exactly how Murdough died. But officials told The Associated Press the mentally ill inmate was found dead Feb. 15 in a cell that was at least 100 degrees.

Three Department of Correction officials have been disciplined following the death, which Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) called "very troubling."


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Funeral-set-for-NYC-inmate-who-died-in-hot-cell-5428622.php

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. Sad, and troubling indeed.

[cynzke]

2. THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO.....

for a mentally ill, homeless Vet. And if we follow the Paul Ryan budget, we can expect more of the same.

[Victor_c3]

3. As a non-homeless but mentally ill veteran I think Paul Ryan and the other republicans would say

that the vets need to pull themselves up by their boot straps. Not entirely true for the Vietnam era guys, but the newer generation of disabled veterans like myself weren't drafted! We volunteered!! We did this to ourselves and need to be held accountable for it!!!

Never mind that I joined the Army under the premise that we learned our lessons from our previous conflicts and I was mislead by my upbringing into thinking that our military was a force for good that would be used to make the world a better and safer place for everyone. I joined to do things like our mission in Bosnia and Kosovo and under the impression that if I was deployed to a war that it might actually have something to do with our national defense.

Now it's time for me to get back to burying my pain and pretending Iraq never happened so that I can move on with a "normal" life

(Sorry, I'm not lashing out at you in any way. Stories about vets really strike a nerve with me.)