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Judge rejects convicted murderer's request to be freed from his life sentence because he had technically 'DIED' when his heart stopped during a medical emergency
2019-11-09
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Benjamin Schreiber, 66, filed for post-conviction relief from his sentence in Iowa

  • He was sentenced to life for beating a man to death with an ax handle in 1996

  • But claimed that his sentence had been served when his heart stopped in 2015

  • Appeals court judge dismissed his claim as 'unpersuasive and without merit'
Posted by:Fred

#11  He wasn't dead dead.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2019-11-09 19:23  

#10  Since he died, terminating him wouldn't be murder now would it?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-09 18:53  

#9  Well, if they weren't supposed to bring him back, then under his own logic, they should just make him dead again.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-11-09 14:11  

#8  In this age of "feelings" where one can be anything one feels like they are, we can consider that he feel 'dead'. so go ahead and cremate him!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-11-09 14:08  

#7  Nice try.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-11-09 13:39  

#6  Clearly, his attorney didn't find the right judge.
Posted by: Bobby   2019-11-09 11:31  

#5  
"Why Mr. Schreiber, consider this purgatory from this day on."
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-09 11:09  

#4  If dead people can vote they should be able to do time too.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-11-09 10:52  

#3  Appeals court judge dismissed his claim as 'unpersuasive and without merit'

"Also, you are dead. So just shut up!"
Posted by: SteveS   2019-11-09 09:53  

#2  'unpersuasive and without merit'

But moderately amusing... what else is he going to do with his time?
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-11-09 08:15  

#1  This will be interesting in a legal sense because one of my buddies was reading more about this last night and the inmate had a 'do not resuscitate' order on himself and they did so anyway.
Posted by: Raj   2019-11-09 00:18  

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