Can these be true?

Arvon · 10-25-2005, 12:07 PM

Inmate Scott Bolton filed a lawsuit in September against the Luzerne County, Pa., prison and a slew of corrections officials, blaming them for the severe injuries he suffered in a 2003 alleged escape attempt, claiming that tighter security would have foiled his breakout. Bolton suffered spinal cord injuries (which have permanently confined him to a wheelchair) when fellow inmate-conspirator Hugo Selenski pushed Bolton out of a window, several floors up, apparently to speed their leaping exit. Asked a corrections commissioner, incredulously, "(An inmate) is dumb enough to act as a human mattress for Hugo, and (we're) responsible?" [Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 9-29-05]

Reba Schappell, of Reading, Pa., a professional country music singer who is also a conjoined twin with sister Lori, was profiled in a September segment of the BBC radio series "Who Runs Your World." Said Reba, "When I am singing, Lori is like any other fan, except she's up on the stage with me (covered in a blanket to reduce the distraction)." Said Lori: "I do not ask for anything from Reba. I don't get in to her concerts free just because she's a conjoined twin. I have to pay, just like every other fan that comes to the concert." [BBC News, 9-21-05]

armageddon272 · 10-25-2005, 05:01 PM

Wha happens if Lori refuses to pay for the concert?

Sir Degrader · 10-25-2005, 06:31 PM

That. Sucks.

Intrepid · 10-29-2005, 12:11 PM

this for some reason raises the question for me, what happens if one conjoined twin commits a crime like a murder, does the other have to go to prison with them?

assuming they are guilty and that a sepperation is not an option.

Hivetyrant · 10-29-2005, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Intrepid:
this for some reason raises the question for me, what happens if one conjoined twin commits a crime like a murder, does the other have to go to prison with them?

assuming they are guilty and that a sepperation is not an option.

I would say yes, as the other twin would have to have been there and witnessed the crime, and would have also been in a position to prevent the crime from heppening.

[ 10-29-2005, 08:54 PM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

Stratos · 10-30-2005, 10:23 AM

But just winessing a crime and doing nothing about it and actually committing it carry different sentences. What if one of the twins got, say, 5 years and the other a life sentence?

Even worse, what of one them get the death penalty?

10-25-2005, 12:07 PM	#1
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	Inmate Scott Bolton filed a lawsuit in September against the Luzerne County, Pa., prison and a slew of corrections officials, blaming them for the severe injuries he suffered in a 2003 alleged escape attempt, claiming that tighter security would have foiled his breakout. Bolton suffered spinal cord injuries (which have permanently confined him to a wheelchair) when fellow inmate-conspirator Hugo Selenski pushed Bolton out of a window, several floors up, apparently to speed their leaping exit. Asked a corrections commissioner, incredulously, "(An inmate) is dumb enough to act as a human mattress for Hugo, and (we're) responsible?" [Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 9-29-05] Reba Schappell, of Reading, Pa., a professional country music singer who is also a conjoined twin with sister Lori, was profiled in a September segment of the BBC radio series "Who Runs Your World." Said Reba, "When I am singing, Lori is like any other fan, except she's up on the stage with me (covered in a blanket to reduce the distraction)." Said Lori: "I do not ask for anything from Reba. I don't get in to her concerts free just because she's a conjoined twin. I have to pay, just like every other fan that comes to the concert." [BBC News, 9-21-05] __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

10-30-2005, 10:23 AM	#6
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 43 Posts: 3,888	But just winessing a crime and doing nothing about it and actually committing it carry different sentences. What if one of the twins got, say, 5 years and the other a life sentence? Even worse, what of one them get the death penalty? __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

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