Oh for Fuck Sakes: Prisoner found guilty of masturbating in his cell

[Horse with no Name]

:crazy: You guessed it...in FLORIDA.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2135251,00.html
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He was prosecuted after a female sheriff's office deputy witnessed him performing the sex act in his cell in Broward County, Florida, last November.

The case drew sniggers from the courtroom as prospective jurors were questioned about their own masturbatory habits and the only witness was asked whether she had considered calling in a Swat team to tackle the defendant.

In reaching their verdict on Tuesday, jurors decided that an inmate's cell was "a limited access public place" where exposing oneself was against the law.

Ms McHugh asked the 17 prospective jurors who among them had never masturbated. No hands went up.

[Richard Steele]

1. Deja Vu all over again!

Be warned- we've got some here who are gonna show up
and tell everyone how RIGHT the guard was to press charges.

I shit you not.

[Horse with no Name]

2. I guess they think a prison full of sexually repressed men

is a good thing? Aye Aye Aye.

[jimshoes]

8. I followed that thread

I won't link to it because it's probably still active in GD. I found myself scratching my head at some of the responses in that thread though. (No not that head)

[beam me up scottie]

3. It gets worse:

"Did other inmates start masturbating because of Mr Alexander?" Ms McHugh asked Ms Veal. "Did you call a Swat team?"

"I wish I had," the deputy replied.

Ms Veal, who has charged seven other inmates with the same offence, said she was not against masturbation, but she objected to Alexander performing it so blatantly. She told the court that most inmates masturbated in bed, under the blankets

So, Reverend, you're saying you had to watch 16 hours of porn flicks before you decided you'd been offended ?

[Heidi]

4. The deputy has pressed charges against seven other inmates for similar "offenses"

in six months. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbmasturbate0725nbjul25,0,7287506.story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1437545&mesg_id=1437545

[HuffleClaw]

13. GOT to be a fundy

i wonder if she kept tapes of the offenders, for 'in depth study'.

[KitchenWitch]

5. So I suppose urination and defacation in the cell are also prohibited

:sarcasm:

[lvx35]

6. Yeah, what the hell???

[Wednesdays]

14. No, it's perfectly acceptable...

as long as it's done while covered with a blanket or something.

[liberal N proud]

7. Each to his own...

I would think that better than other sexual gratification you hear about in prisons

[tech3149]

9. If masturbation is a crime, I'm sooo screwn!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Cobalt Violet]

10. Such a waste of money.

I don't see how this protects the public at all.

[cboy4]

11. This female deputy is surely a Republican. She sounds about as dumb

as a cardboard box.

[Double T]

12. What is a female sheriffs deputy doing in a men's cell block?

If this is the kind of BS our courts waste taxpayer dollars on, then we need new judges and a new court system.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. What's with making the jury answer questions about their sexual habbits?

That seems WAY out of line to me.