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Criminal

Sep. 6, 2000

Inmate Ingenuity

DICTA By Mark B. Vezzani. Anyone who has spent time in prisons will tell you that inmates can be downright ingenious.

        By Mark B. Vezzani

        Anyone who has spent time hanging around prisons will tell you that inmates can be very resourceful and, oftentimes, downright ingenious. I had a case a number of years ago against just such a man. Let's call him John. He was an affable guy, gruffly congenial, with a good sense of humor. That he also happened to be a heroin dealer of major propo...

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