Just read it... Cracks me up..

[EdNigma]

My comments at the bottome.


FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Broward County jail inmate was convicted of indecent exposure after a guard complained that he had masturbated in his cell.

A jury took 45 minutes to convict Terry Lee Alexander, 20, of the misdemeanor on Wednesday. Judge Fred Berman sentenced him to 60 days in the county jail. He had faced up to a year.
In November, Deputy Coryus Veal, who was monitoring Alexander's cell from a centrally located control room, saw him masturbating while he was sitting on his bunk, alone in his cell.
Veal testified that she brought the charge against him the third time he masturbated in view of her.
Alexander had been waiting in jail to resolve an armed robbery case. Twelve days after the incident, Alexander pleaded guilty to the armed robbery and got a 10-year prison sentence.
The sheriff's office encourages deputies to file criminal charges to discourage masturbating in the county's jails, said Elliot Cohen, an agency spokesman. He said privacy is one of the rights inmate give up in jail.
"That's why there are no doors on the bathrooms. That's why detention deputies monitor what you do and when you do it," Cohen said. "That's what jail is."
Veal has brought similar charges against seven other inmates in six months.
Kathleen McHugh, Alexander's attorney, said her client did nothing wrong. She said he was alone in his cell, which was not open to the public.
"I think the government's gone awry," McHugh said. "Has it been a slow year in crime that they've got to go prosecute masturbation in the Broward County Jail?"
During jury selection, McHugh looked at 17 prospective jurors and asked how many among them had never masturbated. No hands were raised.
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Ok..
1) All the jurors beat off
2) He was alone in his cell, therefore she'd have to look on purpose
3) She's an attention *****
4) Privacy is ok to take away, however muslims can preach hate in prisons. Yes, I AM saying, religion is a right that is taken away with jail!
5) This could put him on that sex list. Most US states put 'indecent exposure' and 'sex in a penal institution' cases on there. Yup, a piss in public, or a 'date' with a female prison guard can get you the perv label now-a-days..

That would SUCK!! Get a DUI, beat off, get a perv tag on your way out.

[leobold1]

Just more of Florida's tax dollars down the drain.

What a waste of public money and the juror's time.

You just took another way that the inmates "unwind" from the stress of just plain being in jail.

[redtanker]

Honestly I think it did not need to go to court. But i give a damn if an inmate has a way to "unwind" from the stress of being in jail.
DON'T DO THE CRIME

[BrianK]

Veal has brought similar charges against seven other inmates in six months.


Seven other men, & this is the only case that made the news? Maybe this guy has a grounds for a lawsuit claiming descrimination.

Could be a case of she said/he said. Unless he was video taped and that evidence was shown to the jury.

[satin_patriot]

Originally Posted by BrianK

Veal has brought similar charges against seven other inmates in six months.


Seven other men, & this is the only case that made the news? Maybe this guy has a grounds for a lawsuit claiming descrimination.

Could be a case of she said/he said. Unless he was video taped and that evidence was shown to the jury.

... which would be a bit, umm, icky of them. Can they even do that? (Show a video of an inmate masturbating to the jury, I mean.)

[BrianK]

Originally Posted by satin_patriot

... which would be a bit, umm, icky of them. Can they even do that? (Show a video of an inmate masturbating to the jury, I mean.)

Seems a little odd don't you think that this woman has managed to spot 8 men masterbating & apparently up to now no one else has reported this type of happening.

Somehow it doesn't seem fair to this inmate that her word would be enough to charge him. At the very least since he isn't wearing a blue dress there should be some kind of physical evidence. A video would be pretty convincing to any jury.

Meanwhile if this is the kind of cases being heard in Broward County I think I'd find a way to shirk my civic duty as a jury member.

[conlor]

If anyone gets a copy of the video, please post it here.

(Was the guy creepy? If he was a handsome hunk, maybe she wouldn't have put a stop to it.)