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...most of his life, Jewell has drifted through jobs ranging from private detective to manager of a TCBY yogurt shop. But for five years in Georgia's Habersham County, Jewell worked for the sheriff's office, first as a jailer, then as a squad-car deputy. In 1990, according to published reports, he made an arrest when he was not certified to do so. Jewell then reportedly pleaded guilty and, after a year's probation, had the conviction erased from his record. Last summer he was reprimanded and demoted again to jailer after the squad car he drove butted...
Dear old Saint Valentine hardly has a romantic story. He spent his working days as a pagan priest and physician in ancient Rome until he was thrown in jail for protecting persecuted Christians. While in jail, Valentine converted to Christianity and restored sight to the jailer's daughter. Then they clubbed him to death, which when you think about it, was a relatively painless way to achieve martyrdom in those days. It sure beat the lions...
Phoebe Meryll (Anna Blair '98) loves Colonel Fairfax (Joel Derfner '95), but he's in jail and is about to get the ax. Luckily, the head jailer Wilfred Shadbolt (Martin Lebwohl '96) loves Phoebe. With the help of her father, Sergeant Meryll (Bob Grady), and her sparkling eyes and sparkling other things, Phoebe swipes the cell key from Shadbolt. But, thinking he'll be executed soon. Fairfax suddenly decides to marry someone, anyone, in order to prevent his estate from going to a greedy and conniving relative. Sergeant Meryll sets Fairfax free and orchestrates a totally unbelievable switcheroo which involves...
...Justice Minister. She boldly marched up to the plane's first-class section and engaged the Justice Minister in conversation. The following day Coetsee paid an impromptu, unannounced visit to the world's most famous political prisoner. Mandela, dressed only in his hospital gown, greeted Coetsee not as his jailer-which he technically was-but as if he were a dear old colleague. Coetsee recalls that he saw in Mandela the ancient Roman virtues of "dignitas, gravitas, honestas, simplicitas," and wondered whether white South Africa's Public Enemy No. 1 was in fact the man who might someday unite...
...Over the years we've housed Sirhan-Sirhan, the Manson family, major organized-crime figures, the individuals involved in the Reginald Denny case and numerous other people with celebrity status," says Sheriff Sherman Block, Simpson's chief jailer, "but I've never seen anything like this. Behind the courthouse this morning I couldn't believe what I saw in the way of electronic-media equipment. You could probably cook a huge steak with all the microwaves there -- or become sterile...