06-29-2015, 12:48 PM
Sorry Duchess! I meant to respond to your post and deleted it. 
You posted: "It seems like these are becoming more frequent."
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It seems like they're becoming more frequent to me too. I hope escapes aren't back on the rise.
According to LE stats nationwide, the number of prison escapes has dropped sharply, from 100 inmates per 10,000 in the 1980s to one per 10,000. Maybe we're just hearing more about them these days due to increased media sources/coverage?
So, CNN is reporting now that Sweat is singing like a canary from his hospital bed. He's been upgraded from Critical condition to Serious condition and doing better.
Sweat told investigators that he ditched Matt, who was sick and drunk when he was killed, fives days ago because Matt was holding him back. It was a bunch of bullshit that LE had Sweat cornered right after they killed Matt, it seems. They were not together at the time.
He also told investigators that he and Matt had to improvise after Joyce Mitchell failed to show up with the getaway car as planned. She was supposed to drive them to Mexico (where Matt had fled years ago and subsequently spent years behind bars for killing a man).
Police will need to confirm whatever Sweat tells them, of course, but it's good that he's talking.
You posted: "It seems like these are becoming more frequent."
..........................
It seems like they're becoming more frequent to me too. I hope escapes aren't back on the rise.
According to LE stats nationwide, the number of prison escapes has dropped sharply, from 100 inmates per 10,000 in the 1980s to one per 10,000. Maybe we're just hearing more about them these days due to increased media sources/coverage?
So, CNN is reporting now that Sweat is singing like a canary from his hospital bed. He's been upgraded from Critical condition to Serious condition and doing better.
Sweat told investigators that he ditched Matt, who was sick and drunk when he was killed, fives days ago because Matt was holding him back. It was a bunch of bullshit that LE had Sweat cornered right after they killed Matt, it seems. They were not together at the time.
He also told investigators that he and Matt had to improvise after Joyce Mitchell failed to show up with the getaway car as planned. She was supposed to drive them to Mexico (where Matt had fled years ago and subsequently spent years behind bars for killing a man).
Police will need to confirm whatever Sweat tells them, of course, but it's good that he's talking.