picture would help

Last seen doing what? Buying an ice cream cone? Common folks. Surely we can keep the bad guys contained until they can be charged, can't we? What's the point of a jail? Room & Board with 3 squares a day?

He'd already been charged Chester. In fact, he'd already been found guilty. He was, as the story states, "waiting sentencing".

Not that that's relevant really. The bad guy has escaped.

How easy is it to escape from custody these days? I guess it's not all bad; he was only charged with attempted murder. Even if convicted he'll be out in 5 years. I don't like repeat offenders. Am I weird?

Another thing--why do we have to wait for a sentencing? Can the judge not figure it out before hand on a guilty or not guilty senario? Does he need 30 days to come to grips with his job? Its a damn good thing that everyone doesn't need 30 days to make a decision on the job. We would still be building the damn jail.

I like this Supertech guy.

Supertech,

One reason that sentencing does not immediately follow conviction is that in many cases the judge orders a pre-sentencing report, which is prepared by a probation officer. That takes some time to prepare and of course the judge then has to read it. Sentencing can take place quickly if the case is of such a nature as to make such a report irrelevant, e.g. a serial killer for whom anything other than life without possibility of parole is out of the question.

The one positve aspect of the trend that has all manner of people tattooing their bodies is that they are easy to identify.
An intelligent criminal (oxymoron?) would go against pop culture, and not have any permanent identifying marks.
metalman.