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posted 08-31-2004 12:30 AM         

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This is just too good to be true. Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday 8/30/04.

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posted 08-31-2004 12:34 AM         

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I would fix it if I knew how. Sorry.

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posted 08-31-2004 12:53 AM         

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A man who served a prison term for murder but was later accepted to law school has again run afoul of the law, authories said.
"He should've spent more time studying," said Lakewood Police Chief Tim Malley, whose officers arrested Stephen C. Jackson, 35, while he allegedly changed hundreds of dollars in ink-stained bills from a robbery into quarters at a car-wash coin machine. (Andy's?)
The money from the robbery was stained red when a dye pack exploded. Police said they found $ 457.50 in quarters weighing 23 pounds in Jackson's pockets and about $ 2185 in bills on him and in his car.

Jackson (Richard's brother?) was elected by fellow students as president of Cleveland State University's Black Law Student Association.

Jackson qualified for law school with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Maryland in 2002. (MeanGene's Alma Mater). He earned some of the credits while serving 8 yrs. in prison for murder.
He moved his wife, Dawn, a native of Warren, and two daughters to Cleveland because CSU's was the only law school to accept him, his father Carroll Jackson of Temple Hills, MD. told the PLAIN DEALER in an interview published Sunday.
"He wanted to be a lawyer, that was his goal," the elder Jackson said. "I thought he was moving in the right direction. I just don't know what happened. I cannot make heads or tails of it."
He said his son doted on his daughters, ages 5 and 2.
Cleveland State does not require criminal-background checks on law-school applicants and does not have a rule barring admission of applicants convicted of serious crimes.

"In considering the applications for admission of individuals who have been convicted of crimes, the law school looks at all the circumstances concerning the conviction and the applicant's subsequent conduct," spokesman Brian Johnston said.
Jackson has been charged with conspiring to rob Charter One branches in Westlake on May 15 and Cleveland on Aug. 18. Authorities also said he was a suspect in two other bank holdups since May.
Jackson's father said his daughter-in-law claims she knew nothing aobut her husband's crimes, but police said otherwise and charged her in the two robberies.
Authorities said some of the bank loot was wired to prisons, including a prison in Virginia, where Stephen Jackson's younger brother, Thomas, is serving time for drug trafficking.

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From: Huntsville, Alabama, USA
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posted 08-31-2004 09:56 PM         

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Getting a college degree while in prison. Do I even need to explain the absurdity of this?

Better still is the fact that we have weightlifting equipment in prison. We want to make sure Rocko is in tip-top health when he gets out in 10 - 20.

How about target practice and lock-picking classes in prison, too?

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