Thursday, June 3, 2010

Stupid is as stupid does

If its one thing I think the Feds take seriously, particularly here in San Antonio, are death threats made against Federal Judges.

What a particularly stupid thing for this fellow to do unless, of course, he just plain likes living in prison.


Threatening letter kills con's parole chance
By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News

An inmate granted parole from a sentence for theft won't be going free because he's been indicted on charges of threatening a federal judge in San Antonio.

John Wesley Manning of Houston is accused of mailing a letter telling U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia that “you are going to pay big time” for throwing out a prisoner lawsuit Manning filed.

Manning, who has a history of filing lawsuits and mailing threats, sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on March 16, claiming food at the Garza Unit in Beeville sickened him and other inmates.

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