Dear Readers,
You've said it, you've heard others say it, I've even said it myself: "Alcohol Made Me Do It!!!" Never in a million years did I think I would see the day when criminals would actually use that statement as the basis for a billion dollar lawsuit! "Why didn't I think of this myself", might you ask. Perhaps you just weren't drunk enough! The Associated Press reports that five inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution are suing national beer and wine companies for billions of dollars, on the premise that alcohol was responsible for all of the prisoner's crimes. According to the suit, the prisoners claim they weren't sufficiently warned about alcohol's addictive properties nor were they made aware of the the chemical changes that occur under it's influence. So far, the inmates have no representation or attorney's and have written the suit themselves without counsel.
If alcohol is truly to blame, perhaps their lawsuit will set newprecidents! NOT! Well what were these poor souls convicted of?
Keith Allan Brown, who pleaded guilty in 2010 to voluntary manslaughter ,is a 52-year-old who has spent 30 years in prison and says alcohol landed him there.
The co-plaintiffs include Jeremy Joseph Brown, Cory Alan Baugh, Woodrow John Grant and Steven Todd Thompson and all four are serving major time for serious crimes.
Jeremy Joseph Brown, 34, is serving a 20-30 year sentence for a 2001 shooting. Baugh, also 34, and Thompson, 44, are both serving 3-7 years for grand theft and drug convictions, ABC news reports. Grant is convicted for drug and aggravated battery convictions with a 7 year sentence.
The companies targeted by the lawsuit are Miller Brewing Company, Anheuser-Busch Co., Adolph Coors Co., Brown-Furman Co., American Brands Inc., Pepsi-Cola, RJR Nabisco, Gallo's Winery, Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo. None of these companies have responded to the suit.
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