Legal Opinion
United States v. Shynita Townsend
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 2011No. 09-12797PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
It has long been said that “the price of freedom is eternal vigilance,” 1 and maybe as a matter of political philosophy it is. When it comes to pretrial release from custody, however, some are willing to pay for freedom with cold hard cash, and the amount of freedom that one has while on supervised release increases as the vigilance of his supervising officer decreases. In this case a drug dealer indicted on state charges who was released pending trial bought himself more freedom by bribing the officer whose duty it was to supervise his release. That officer was…
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