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January 16th, 2004
The State of Missouri would like to offer
an object lesson to all other states. When creating a new, indefinite form of civil committment (holding certain offenders who have served out their sentences but are deemed to still be a threat to society, so won't be let out), try to remember to make escape illegal too.
In a wide-ranging interview Thursday, Ingrassia told the Post-Dispatch that he knew about a loophole in the law before cutting a fence for freedom in 2001 at the civil commitment unit in Farmington. The unit holds Missouri's most incorrigible rapists and child molesters.
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Ingrassia refused to discuss how he escaped or who, if anyone, helped him. He said talking about that now could hurt his chances with his current criminal case, a charge of felony property damage for cutting the fence.
Obviously they can always find something with which to charge someone (like this "
lying" case) since things are set up that usually I've broken 14 laws from my bed to the shower.