Motion to Die Mandamus
April 21, 2006
From time to time I stumble on a pleading that almost makes all the paperwork associated with lawyering worthwhile.
In today's pile of stuff to read comes a written motion by a prisoner. He complains that his terms and conditions of confinement are harsh, cruel and unusual. He demands relief. He is, after all, a pretrial detainee. However, he is also a realist.
So after requesting relief and concluding that the state would not give it, he asks to be killed. "[T]he defendant would rather die than continue to be tortured" by certain guards. I love the caption: Defednant's Motion to Die Mandamus.
I believe he is still alive.