Defendant trades murder plea for KFC, pizza

miami_fan · 08-07-2008, 10:12 AM

Defendant trades murder plea for KFC, pizza - CNN.com

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PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence.

Tremayne Durham, 33, of New York City, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, 39, of Gresham, in June 2006. Durham wanted to sell ice cream and ordered an $18,000 truck from an Oregon company. He later changed his mind, but the company wouldn't provide a refund.

The would-be ice cream man came to Oregon and killed Calbreath, a former employee of the company, while looking for its owner, authorities said.

Durham agreed to plead guilty to murder -- but only if he could get a break from jail food. The judge agreed and granted Durham a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream.

After Wednesday's sentencing, Durham was to get the rest of the deal -- calzones, lasagna, pizza and ice cream, his defense attorney confirmed. They will pay the tab.

Durham also got married Wednesday in a civil ceremony at the Portland courthouse. The wedding to Vanessa Davis, 48, also of New York City, was not part of the plea deal that will give Durham a chance for parole after 30 years.

Deputy District Attorney Josh Lamborn said Multnomah County Judge Eric Bergstrom made the right call in allowing the unusual plea agreement because it saved the expense of a trial and possible appeals

PackerFanatic · 08-07-2008, 10:15 AM

...WTF?

Dr. Sak · 08-07-2008, 10:16 AM

"Hey honey do you think KFC's still open"

albionmoonlight · 08-07-2008, 10:20 AM

I actually wonder how this can be legal. I don't know if the state should be in the business of providing people goods and services in exchange to their guilty plea to a crime.

M GO BLUE!!! · 08-07-2008, 10:42 AM

I thought this would be about Kwame Kilpatrick.

miami_fan · 08-07-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by M GO BLUE!!!

I thought this would be about Kwame Kilpatrick.

I bumped the other thread for ya!

Passacaglia · 08-07-2008, 10:53 AM

Talk about your misleading headline. If it was just for KFC and pizza, yeah, that's dumm, but CALZONES! Any f'ing elitist FOFCer can get behind that choice!

Kodos · 08-07-2008, 10:59 AM

If they want me to plead guilty, they're gonna need to be bringing The Outback for me. No Rules. Just Right.

Noop · 08-07-2008, 11:05 AM

Black America Lost.

Toddzilla · 08-07-2008, 12:18 PM

what better ass-rape or high cholesterol?

Karlifornia · 08-07-2008, 02:45 PM

Sounds like just another link in a chain of insane choices.

molson · 08-07-2008, 02:48 PM

Dumb move. Oregon's going to have to decide where they're going to draw the line on this. They're going to have a ton of more inmates demanding perks before their guilty pleas.

Draft Dodger · 08-07-2008, 03:37 PM

rip off:

JeeberD · 08-07-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Talk about your misleading headline. If it was just for KFC and pizza, yeah, that's dumm, but CALZONES! Any f'ing elitist FOFCer can get behind that choice!

Have you tried a Pizza Hut "calzone"? Ugh...

Young Drachma · 08-07-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Noop

Black America Lost.

For real.

Passacaglia · 08-07-2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

Have you tried a Pizza Hut "calzone"? Ugh...

No, but I've seen a calzone typing on a laptop. Not lately, though..

JeeberD · 08-07-2008, 09:33 PM

Yeah, it's been a while...

cartman · 08-07-2008, 09:45 PM

If a guy wants $30 in fast food to plead guilty, vs. a multi-day trial involving calling in people for jury duty, and all of the other stuff surrounding a hearing where he's almost certainly going to be convicted, then I'm all for it.

08-07-2008, 10:15 AM	#2
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	...WTF? __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

08-07-2008, 10:16 AM	#3
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	"Hey honey do you think KFC's still open" __________________ I throw yellow flags

08-07-2008, 10:42 AM	#5
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Detroit, MI	I thought this would be about Kwame Kilpatrick. __________________ Speramus Meliora; Resurgent Cineribus.

08-07-2008, 10:59 AM	#8
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	If they want me to plead guilty, they're gonna need to be bringing The Outback for me. No Rules. Just Right. __________________ The Ladder: FOFC's NCAA 2013 promotion-relegation dynasty.

08-07-2008, 11:05 AM	#9
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	Black America Lost. __________________ You cannot enjoy outstanding success in life without power, and you can never enjoy power without sufficient personality to influence other people to co-operate with you in the spirit of harmony ~ Napoleon Hill

08-07-2008, 10:20 AM	#4
albionmoonlight Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	I actually wonder how this can be legal. I don't know if the state should be in the business of providing people goods and services in exchange to their guilty plea to a crime.

08-07-2008, 10:53 AM	#7
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Talk about your misleading headline. If it was just for KFC and pizza, yeah, that's dumm, but CALZONES! Any f'ing elitist FOFCer can get behind that choice!

08-07-2008, 12:18 PM	#10
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	what better ass-rape or high cholesterol? __________________ Will Admin Sys for food.

08-07-2008, 02:45 PM	#11
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Sounds like just another link in a chain of insane choices. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com Last edited by Karlifornia : 08-07-2008 at 02:46 PM.

08-07-2008, 02:48 PM	#12
molson Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Dumb move. Oregon's going to have to decide where they're going to draw the line on this. They're going to have a ton of more inmates demanding perks before their guilty pleas.

08-07-2008, 03:37 PM	#13
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	rip off: __________________ Mile High Hockey

08-07-2008, 09:33 PM	#17
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Yeah, it's been a while... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

08-07-2008, 09:45 PM	#18
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	If a guy wants $30 in fast food to plead guilty, vs. a multi-day trial involving calling in people for jury duty, and all of the other stuff surrounding a hearing where he's almost certainly going to be convicted, then I'm all for it. __________________ Omne animal post coitum triste praeter gallum mulieremque. Last edited by cartman : 08-07-2008 at 09:45 PM.

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