Man Escapes From Jail, Blames Government, Sues For $10 Million

Posted by | September 26, 2015 07:48 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Pot Luck


CHICAGO (AP) – An inmate who escaped from a high-rise federal jail in Chicago has an unusual theory on who’s to blame: He says the government was negligent in enabling the breakout, so he sued for $10 million for damages. The 7th U.S. Court of Appeals said in a Friday ruling that Jose Banks “gets credit…

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By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

6 responses to Man Escapes From Jail, Blames Government, Sues For $10 Million

  1. rg9rts September 26th, 2015 at 08:58

    Chutzpah ??? Nerves of steel…17 stories on bed sheets and floss???

  2. anothertoothpick September 26th, 2015 at 09:30

    And clearly that bank he robbed could be held guilty of entrapment.

    Here was a bank, it had money in it, he was entrapped to rob it.

    What else could he do?

  3. LoisB September 26th, 2015 at 13:22

    This guy should be writing for Comedy Central or maybe even The Twilight Zone.

  4. bpollen September 26th, 2015 at 23:33

    I don’t think any prison is required to keep inmates from being stupid…
    And the bank was at fault for the robbery that got him penned up?

  5. Cave quid dicis September 27th, 2015 at 17:47

    If only the Feds had executed him he wouldn’t have suffered so.

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