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Joe Wagner
06-21-2002, 01:06 PM
Found this article today and thought that this was a different way for justice to have been served. From Yahoo (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20020621/od_nm/crocodile_dc_1) :



Suspect Escapes Jail, Is Eaten by Crocodile
Fri Jun 21,10:32 AM ET
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A 28-year-old Panamanian accused of killing a judge was eaten by a crocodile as he swam across a river after escaping from prison, police said on Thursday.

Oswaldo Martinez, accused of murdering judge Harmodio Mariscal on June 5 during a failed robbery in Panama City, was captured last week by police after fleeing to neighboring Costa Rica.
After being held in custody in Costa Rica, Martinez broke out of jail at the weekend and was aiming to reenter Panama through the dense jungle that divides the two Central American countries.
Martinez was eaten alive by the crocodile on Monday as he tried to swim across the River Terraba in southern Costa Rica, according to eyewitness reports confirmed by police on Thursday.



-Joe!

BLACKHEART
06-21-2002, 01:09 PM
It's good when a story has a happy ending :)

VashTheStampede
06-21-2002, 01:24 PM
Its a heart warming tale.

The Guard
06-21-2002, 07:33 PM
...in a giant blender!

The Game
06-21-2002, 11:14 PM
Funny story. Glad to see he got what was coming to him.

-The Game

Terminatah
06-22-2002, 06:08 PM
This reminded me of the movie Lake Placid, when Oliver Platt says something about how in some cultures, they throw the accused to the crocodiles, and the crocodiles are the judges. They decide whether you live or die. So maybe this crocodile knew that the man was guilty. Either that, or he was just a little hungry that day.

-Terminatah