Time on their hands

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A man who escaped from custody in Tennessee 30 years ago has been arrested in western Massachusetts, where authorities say he started a new life after skipping out on the final four months of a prison term.

William Reegan, 65, had the time left on his one-year sentence for forging a prescription when he failed to return to a Tennessee prison after a furlough in October 1977. (full article)
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This points out one of the HUGE differences between Tennessee and San Francisco. In Tennessee, what, this guy forged a prescription, it was only a YEAR sentence, and they hunt him down 30 years later ?! We're not talking a violent criminal. He had to keep his sh*t clean to avoid being caught, but still, he was fu**ed for life.

Here in San Francisco, on the other hand, we have violent criminals and gangsters running the streets. Sometimes the police bring them in, book them, and release them. We have speeding cars killing people in intersections and people gunning each other down in the streets. Hell, we have Keystone Cops running into each other on high-speed wild goose chases like a demolition derby that all ends up at the same intersection. Link to story -- they were trying to catch 3 children. The big criminals have paid off the cops (or higher officials) so they won't get bothered.

No wonder this town is a magnet for every looney in the country (myself included?)? But William Reegan didn't come here -- he wanted a quieter life !