47 acres is about the size of a large prison. He hasn't left the property in 15 years. Granted, it was probably more comfortable, and he had greater freedom of movement, but he still wasn't "free", even if his sentence was self imposed. And all for something that could have been available to him anyway if he had been willing to buy permission from the state.......cirus wrote:I can see where he's coming from. I'm all for enforcing the law but at what cost? Depending on the crime is it worth other law enforcement possibly dying? Why didn't they just shut his utilities off? No water or electricity he would have came out eventually.The Annoyed Man wrote:Interesting perspective."It wasn't worth it,” the sheriff said. “Joe Gray has been in prison out there himself, in my opinion, for 14 years."
It was justice served, the sheriff suggested, in a felony case that never went to court.
Obviously, with a temper like that, he might not be in possession of very strong conflict resolution and deescalation skills; but it also seems to me that 15 years of self imposed imprisonment is punishment enough for being a cranky old fart.