Lawsuit of the Day: Feed Me!
This suit points to an upside of being in federal prison county jail for capital murder: weight loss!
But this inmate is not happy about it and is suing the prison. Broderick Laswell entered prison at 418 pounds and says he’s “literally being starved to death,” losing about a half-pound per day. From the Arkansas Democratic Gazette:
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.
Facing a possible death penalty, this seems like the least of one’s concerns. But food is one of life’s great pleasures… even prison gruel.
“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.”
If the lawsuit doesn’t work out, maybe he could work out some kind of weight loss spokesperson deal with the prison system, like Jared of Subway fame.
Murder-case defendant complains about jail diet, resulting weight loss [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]
Broderick Lloyd Laswell suit: I’m only getting 3000 calories a day [Overlawyered]
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Someone's going to make a lot of money selling "Arkansas Prison Diet" to rich white women.
416 - why would you feel the need to make the same lame comment, which is neither clever nor amusing, on both ATL and overlawyered?
The pictures at overlawyered are impressive - he goes from looking like livestock to an actual person in only 8 months.
Fat fuck.
Maybe he could just take up Kash's running regimen.
He's not in federal prison. He's in the county jail.
agreed with 4:37
aren't you supposed to have around 2000 calories a day? they are doing this guy a favor by limiting his calorie intake.
maybe they should feed him 5000 calories a day and forget about the death penalty. he'll just have a heart attach and die on his own. saves money in the end.
I heard that subway has five dollar.... five dollar footlongs!
“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,”
somebody please tell him that it's not because he's not getting enough calories but because he's a chunk of fat lard
How did he commit the murder? Sit on the person?
maybe its a glandular problem . . .
I think the average man needs 2500. I think for women its 2000. I could be wrong.
Maybe 2300 is a compromise between the giant weightlifters who need it and the skinny runts who don't.
Did he eat the murder vic? if so, maybe hunger can serve as an affirmative defense... Harvey Birdman takes the case!
4:37 has outnerded everyone. Tool.
3000 calories? That's a starvation regime! Intolerable!
Bring back the stupid Asia Correspondent posts, or maybe LEWW! What the hell is going on? I have heard of slow news days, but slow news months? If Kash doesn't post topless pics soon, the only comments will come from tools with internet "names" like "Grover Cleveland" or "Turd Ferguson."
"I want my day in court, and I WANT MY CHEEZ-EH POOOOFS!"
But then, if you give this guy his cheeez-eh poofs, and everyone else on the cell block will sue for violating their rights to equal nutrition.
topless pics of Kash would be awesome
He hasn't been convicted of anything, I'm sure glad I'm not aressted for something. So what if he's overweight? How do you know he killed anyone? Did ANY of you stop to think he may be innocent? I bet alot of you are fat and calling him a "tub of lard" What the hell is wrong with society as a whole. I guess innocent until PROVEN guilty doesn't apply to overweight people? Screw you!
we have the highest prison population on the planet and we are still the fattest nation on the planet - maybe we should make the jail warden our secretary of health!