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Most Illinois jails restrain people in chairs. This county ‘violently shocked’ them, too. by Illinois Answers Project, Capitol News Illinois July 26, 2024 By GRACE HAUCK | ILLINOIS ANSWERS PROJECT Warning: The following article includes mentions of self-harm. This is the second in a series of stories. Read the first story here. CHARLESTON, Ill. – Brice Fritz was naked, strapped down to a chair in a jail cell when a staff member monitoring her via video delivered 80,000 volts of electricity through the stun cuff on her leg. “I felt like I was being electrocuted,” Fritz told the Illinois Answers Project, recalling the incident at Coles County Jail in 2021. The cuff is a sort of shock collar for humans…
John Sevenstar Court Case: Contempt of Court Scott County, Ky 1994 by Jethro Rutgers, Skynet.Press, 8/04/2026, original 8/03/1994 This archival mugshot image documents John Sevenstar’s July 26, 1994 contempt of court conviction in Scott County, Kentucky. He was sentenced to seven days jail. Sevenstar said: “Judge Stewart was more than fair, he could have gave me 12-months jail but he made it seven days. He done what is right okay, I’m just a cocky musician who violated the judge’s order. Judge ordered me not to drive, I left court and I started to leave in my 280-Z. The same deputy from court room who heard the Judge order me not to drive arrested me. Judge had to give me jail…
Musician John Sevenstar Lost Mugshot (Closeup) by Jethro Rutgers, Skynet.Press, 8/03/2026, original publication 8/03/1994 Closeup of musician John Sevenstar lost mugshot from 1994. Digitally restored through Skynet.Press archival propagation illustration process using AI image enhancement. Sevenstar said: “Judge Stewart was more than fair, he could have gave me 12-months jail but he made it seven days. He done what is right okay, I’m just a cocky musician who violated the judge’s order. Judge ordered me not to drive, I left court and I started to leave in my 280-Z. The same deputy from court room who heard the Judge order me not to drive arrested me. Judge had to give me jail time to uphold respect of the court. I…
