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Sweat, who was hiding under a truck, said the deputy opened fire first. then sweat got to his feet and started firing. one of sweat s bullets hit tarsia in the stomach, reportedly striking his small intestine and a kidney. as the deputy struggled for his gun, sweat jumped into another vehicle and ran over the deputy, dragging him with the car across the parking lot. he was still alive when one of the other suspects then charged out of the woods, picked up the deputy s gun, which he had dropped, and shot him, point blank, twice, in the face. sweat was charged after police found a hand drawn map and sketch of the fireworks store with sweat s fingerprint on it. now sweat was also heading to prison, where he would meet richard matt for the first time, and, other inmates say, quickly become friends. the relationship made closer by the fact that both are housed in what s called the honor block at clinton correctional facility, a prison block reserved for inmates who have gone years without s ....
Here, prisoners are allowed to congregate for hours with fellow inmates, which may have given matt and sweat the time they needed to plot their escape. and there you have one person that you completely trust and that you will do everything with. it s called go toe to toe with, go back to back with, knife to knife in the yard. it s that one person that if something pops off, you will hold them down. i believe that s the relationship they had after their cells got moved together. prisoners housed in the honor block are also allowed to wear civilian clothing instead of the traditional prison garb, which also may have allowed them to blend in easier once on the outside. their good behavior lands richard matt and david sweat jobs in the prison tailor shop. could that be where they accessed those tools needed to cut their way to freedom? it was truly extraordinary and unusual and almost ....
and cohen says anything new velazquez s lawyers have might not be enough. i don t want to suggest that recantations are nothing, but they are not dna. they are not somebody who you now believe was the actual shooter. you don t have that here. for four years, jj has lived in sing sing s honor block. and he s been going to school at the prison. see what the teacher graded me on? see what the topic was? my incarceration s impact on my family. right. his younger son, jacob, has never known his father as a free man. his oldest, jj, jr., 3 when his dad was sent away. because of his age, prison rules prohibited him from visiting his father by himself. he s never had an individual time where we re just father and son. ....
Dragging him with the car across the parking lot. he was still alive when one of the other suspects then charged out of the woods, picked up the deputy s gun, which he had dropped, and shot him, point blank, twice, in the face. sweat was charged after police found a hand drawn map and sketch of the fireworks store with sweat s fingerprint on it. now sweat was also heading to prison, where he would meet richard matt for the first time, and, other inmates say, quickly become friends. the relationship made closer by the fact that both are housed in what s called the honor block at clinton correctional facility, a prison block reserved for inmates who have gone years without significant disciplinary problems. the honor block has its privileges, like hot plates and refrigerators in cells. here, prisoners are allowed to congregate for hours with fellow inmates, which may have given matt and sweat the time they ....