17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
HEy, there was a recent 20/20 story on something like this. Basically the inmates in a lot of jails were swamping the legal system with bogus lawsuits. Some included were: the right to sacrifice animals due to religion, the right to get to watch TV, and have a roast duck dinner every night also due to religion. Some were even more on the far side. One guy sued the jail for now allowing him to run a drug trafficking business out of his cell. All of these get thrown out, but the cost to the legal system is a few thousand per case! This stuff can be >VERY< effective. Mind you these guys didn't always do whatever they were granted a right to, they were just badgering the hell out of the legal systems in their states.