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Lawsuit over losing too much weight???

jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2008/04/28, 09:58 AM This one's good... :) ------- BENTONVILLE, Ark. ? Broderick Lloyd Laswell says he isn't happy that he's lost 105 pounds over the past eight months and is down to 308 pounds. Laswell is an inmate in the Benton County Jail and has filed a federal court suit complaining about the diet he's been fed by the county. According to the suit filed Friday, Laswell weighed 413 pounds when he was jailed on a capital murder charge in September. Police say he and a codefendant fatally beat and stabbed Randy Walker, then set his trailer home on fire. An autopsy showed that Walker was dead when the Aug. 30 fire was started. Prosecutor Van Stone says he'll seek the death penalty for both defendants. Laswell's suit was filed without a lawyer in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville. He claims the jail doesn't provide inmates with enough food. "On several occasions I have started to do some exercising and my vision went blurry and I felt like I was going to pass out," Laswell wrote in his complaint. "About an hour after each meal my stomach starts to hurt and growl. I feel hungry again." Laswell claims he's lost about a half-pound a day. "If we are in a small pod all day (and) do next to nothing for physical exercise, we should not lose weight," according to Laswell. "The only reason we lost weight in here is because we are literally being starved to death." Laswell's suit also asks that the county be ordered to serve hot meals to its inmates. The jail has served only cold food for years. The meals, provided through Aramark Correctional Institution Services, average 3,000 calories a day, according to Jail Capt. Hunter Petray. -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
angiem6 Posts: 136 Joined: 2007/12/07	2008/04/28, 10:12 AM Wow. Ask yourself - where are you again? Who are you to think you have all of these rights? And you shold be happy you are losing weight and are healthier??? BIZARRE!
georgiagirl Posts: 421 Joined: 2006/07/11	2008/04/28, 01:24 PM I saw that on a different website this morning... insane! -------------- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.---Helen Keller
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2008/04/28, 03:09 PM What you guys forget is that this guy has a lot to lose by losing weight... Just think of what might happen if he gets in shape and starts looking better around the other inmates...
angiem6 Posts: 136 Joined: 2007/12/07	2008/04/28, 03:24 PM lol
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2008/04/28, 08:33 PM Even if his cell mate, Bubba, starts to think he's 'lookin' purdy', you won't see me caring about it. Good luck, Bubba... Go get 'em tiger... :) -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2008/04/28, 08:41 PM In consideration to the crime and his size he is Bubba! This guy is going to kill again everytime he wants more food he will kill for food! ============ Quoting from jbennett: Even if his cell mate, Bubba, starts to think he's 'lookin' purdy', you won't see me caring about it. Good luck, Bubba... Go get 'em tiger... :) ============= -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!
maccini Posts: 21 Joined: 2008/03/13	2008/04/29, 09:00 AM Why did he stab the guy in the first place? All he needed to do is fall on him and say he tripped! LOL I'm a right wing conservative and think they should live on bread and water only! Thank a liberal for the law suit! They encourage it. (Can you believe I live in MA? LOL)