After two years of eating Multnomah County jail food while awaiting trial for aggravated murder, Tremayne Durham was dreaming of buckets of fried chicken. Last week, as part of a plea deal, he got it. Two kinds. Circuit Court Judge Eric Bergstrom agreed to the unusual arrangement. Shortly after pleading guilty, Durham sat down to a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye’s fried chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and Hagen-Dazs ice cream. And when he is sentenced next month, he’ll dine on calzones, pizza, lasagna and ice cream.
But a colleague, Judge Michael McShane, said judges need flexibility in plea deals. He said the dinner is an inconsequential concession in a death-penalty case. “What Eric has to weigh is an odd request versus the raw economics of the taxpayer money that’s going to be spent,” McShane said.
A plea bargain saves the victim’s family from having to sit through an emotional trial, McShane said. Durham’s trial was scheduled to last five weeks. If convicted and given the death penalty or even life in prison, Durham’s appeals could last 20 years and cost the state over $1 million, legal experts say. Durham, 33, agreed to a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of release after 30 years. He agreed not to appeal. Durham, a New York resident and convicted rapist, pleaded guilty to the June 2006 aggravated murder of Adam Duane Calbreath, 39, of Gresham.
Durham shot Calbreath in the head using a pillow as a silencer. Authorities say Durham wanted to sell ice cream and had ordered from an Oregon company an $18,000 truck that would play music. Durham then changed his mind but was refused a refund.
This world is going to hell in a hand basket!
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August 8, 2008 @ 8:01 am
So let me get this right….. lol
Dude pled guilty to murder in exchange for a bucket of extra crispy and some e’touffe????
I do believe I have heard it all.
August 8, 2008 @ 8:01 am
Imagine the commercials when KFC gets a hold of this one.
"So good, you’ll do a bid for it!"
August 8, 2008 @ 8:14 am
Im with you i done heard it all too. thats it
August 8, 2008 @ 8:36 am
Ole KFC fried chicken lookin boi…
August 8, 2008 @ 8:42 am
Even free niggas don’t get KFC and Popeyes…
There is heaven for a gangsta.
August 8, 2008 @ 8:43 am
Thats justice for ya ass. *smh*
August 8, 2008 @ 8:46 am
On another note, I absolutely have to get my hands on that Lil Wayne, so if anybody has it, kindly post it or send it to my hotmail please.
Preci.
August 8, 2008 @ 9:05 am
On another note, I absolutely have to get my hands on that Lil Wayne, so if anybody has it, kindly post it or send it to my hotmail please.
Same here! Ive decided im not ignoring this abum
August 8, 2008 @ 9:06 am
And y this article got me wanting to hear some anthony hamilton- coming from where im from
August 8, 2008 @ 9:08 am
‘And y this article got me wanting to hear some anthony hamilton- coming from where im from’
Cause you comin from a strange damn place if all it takes for your confession is some damn chicken LOL.
August 8, 2008 @ 9:13 am
I cant believe that. Much as i luv me some chicken i couldnt even imagine me being like " ok look ill confess if u bring me some hot wangs from Popeyes and some original chicken breasts from KFC and one of them choc cakes. Then ill tell u everythang"
August 8, 2008 @ 9:14 am
Comment by dig :
August 8, 2008 @ 8:46 am
On another note, I absolutely have to get my hands on that Lil Wayne, so if anybody has it, kindly post it or send it to my hotmail please.
Preci.
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You want just the Wayne?
I’ll probably have a bunch of other stuff for you on a data disc….
August 8, 2008 @ 9:16 am
You know my taste - hook it up.
August 8, 2008 @ 9:29 am
LAST DAY
Brought the boy to the job today
not sure when I’ll speak to yall again
so god bless till the next time yall hear from me
dippin outa here round 3
August 8, 2008 @ 9:33 am
aww tty soon B- Good Luck.
August 8, 2008 @ 9:38 am
Ok B, make sure you call me and keep me posted.
August 8, 2008 @ 9:43 am
morning all
Good luck till we see you again Banga
I now have to make arrangements to console Twitch…
August 8, 2008 @ 9:48 am
Im glad Joshua won, with his fine self. He just dont know. He could get it in so many varieties…. including extra crispy.
August 8, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Keep ya head up, and keep grindin, B.
From personal experience, that shit is wack, but shit actually picks up around the fall
August 8, 2008 @ 10:00 am
I’m morning the loss of Fanny Pak.
August 8, 2008 @ 10:04 am
August 8, 2008 @ 10:14 am
that hurt my heart naj….they kill every other group dance-wise…I know super crew has the whole b-boy thing down and I love it, but Fanny Pak was on some new shit and they were ALWAYS on point.
August 8, 2008 @ 10:18 am
You get to the point in these things though where either way it goes, it hurts your heart. I mean I aint all that in love with So Real Kru anymore, although I liked em in the beginning. But both the other teams were fan favorites so either way it went, it woulda been some table turning goin on.
August 8, 2008 @ 10:31 am
I honestly thought SC was going home because FP killed it.
But I think the judges thought, if they send SC home, and no one votes for FP, the So Real would win it based on the teeny boppers, which would look hella bad for a season 3
I like So Real, but I was looking forward to an FP/ SC finale–SoReal didn’t do the 80’s segment justice…
Fanny Pak will probably inspire a bunch of clones next season which is a good thing. They KILLED the Missy challenge.
August 8, 2008 @ 10:33 am
Yo…FP dressed up as the judges…
and had the comment bubbles at the end…
August 8, 2008 @ 10:36 am
banga- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO come back!! lol ok , so good luck and god speed!
why i fed $.45 cents into a parking meter just to realize that midtown is closed already and i have to go to state street for my diva fix- bastids! another $.45 cents!!!
found a cute ass dress for $20 tho.. but that was greece…
oh yeah- send me an email so you can get my out of office message. no real reason, i just think its funny. this is how little it takes to entertain me because i’m that unhappy at my job..
oh- morning folks!
August 8, 2008 @ 10:46 am
and now you got me thinking i need to call V and see what she’s up to, cause I need some new shoes…
August 8, 2008 @ 11:11 am
Ya’ll frontin like that new colonel’s recipe AINT the shit.
August 8, 2008 @ 11:21 am
I will put a hurting on some hot wings…but 30 years of trying to keep my back to the wall in the shower doesn’t quite seem like a fair trade for the option of Mild or Spicy.
August 8, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
I will put a hurting on some hot wings…but 30 years of trying to keep my back to the wall in the shower doesn’t quite seem like a fair trade for the option of Mild or Spicy.
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However…
I might do some low numbers for them Parfait Buckets they used to have and tha macaroni salad…
August 8, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
Ya’ll frontin like that new colonel’s recipe AINT the shit.
****
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
August 8, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
I will put a hurting on some hot wings…but 30 years of trying to keep my back to the wall in the shower doesn’t quite seem like a fair trade for the option of Mild or Spicy.
Id be constantly thinking
was it worth it? Did i mess up?
August 8, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
Just jumpin in to rant
Motherfucker:
When I say don’t expect something to be done within a week, guess what?
I FUCKING MEAN THAT SHIT MAN!!!!
August 8, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
Youre so random.
August 8, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
This fuckin dude dig…
I swear.
Told this fucker straight out, don’t think this is just gonna fly outta my ass on short notice…give me some time to fuckin work it out.(write the code, make sure the shit actually works, work out any hidden bugs etc)
Sure as shit he tells me yesterday that he wants this for next weekend.
O RLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 8, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
August 8, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Plus it involves shit that I’ve never coded before so I’m learning on the fly doing it.
Son.Of.A.Raggedy.Bitch.
August 8, 2008 @ 1:11 pm
I’d rather kick him in the nuts and pour handsoap in his mouth.
August 8, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
You are nuts, LOL.
Blow that shit out, Bobby. Blow it out.
August 8, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
I’m about to
And it’s fuckin slave hot outside.
Just fuck all around.
August 8, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
August 8, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
I’d rather kick him in the nuts and pour handsoap in his mouth.
ohhh
August 8, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
Why he gotta be a son of a RAGGEDY bitch though?
Woo, boy….
August 8, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
I’m going to lunch to get right.
August 8, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
*smh*
….let them people get you all in a tizzy. KNOW your sugar up….
August 9, 2008 @ 5:59 am
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