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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:48 PM Aug 2016

Convicted Ohio Man Jumps to Death After Being Sentenced to 13 Years

Source: NBC News

Convicted Ohio Man Jumps to Death After Being Sentenced to 13 Years
by Phil Helsel


Aug 27 2016, 11:41 pm ET



An Ohio man convicted of attempted murder escaped from a courthouse guard and jumped to his death shortly after being sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday, authorities said.

Jason Binkiewiz, 42, was pronounced dead after jumping over a banister on the third floor of a Steubenville courthouse, Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla told NBC affiliate WTOV.

Binkiewiz had just been sentenced for shooting a man in the face in 2015, and was being escorted by a sheriff's deputy when he broke free and ran towards the banister, Abdalla said.

"As soon as Binkiewicz started running, Deputy Price he was on him quick enough when he reached out, he had his shirt," Abdalla said. "It wasn't good enough, and if he held on to the shirt, most likely Deputy Price would have gone over with him."


Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/convicted-ohio-man-jumps-death-after-being-sentenced-13-years-n638881



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Convicted Ohio Man Jumps to Death After Being Sentenced to 13 Years (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2016 OP
Does he look like SCVDem Aug 2016 #1
Brave? Maybe he was stupid and thought he could "parkour" his way out of the situation... MADem Aug 2016 #7
I think he may have been mentally handicapped or imbalanced in some way. alphafemale Aug 2016 #21
Some people will do anything awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #23
Bravery, by its very definition entails an act which is morally praiseworthy. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #33
Brave? Boomer Aug 2016 #2
Your comment made me think CanonRay Aug 2016 #32
Forward this to anyone who supports the death penalty.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #3
good point and safeinOhio Aug 2016 #9
Well that's easy whatthehey Aug 2016 #24
Most hardened criminals thrive in jail ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2016 #27
He was trying to escape not kill himself. If I prisoners are afraid of life in prison and not the dp Ohioblue22 Aug 2016 #28
how do you figure? maxsolomon Aug 2016 #38
Just another day in gun culture. nt onehandle Aug 2016 #4
You seem to thrive on "gun culture," don't you? Nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2016 #14
For a lot of people Igel Aug 2016 #16
More like Onehandle meant maxsolomon Aug 2016 #37
I'd rather be in jail... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #5
never been to jail, eh Fred Drum Aug 2016 #11
That sounds like... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #15
I've been both. tazkcmo Aug 2016 #29
I'm sorry. If you don't mind, would you tell me more... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #31
There was probably a hit out on him for when he got to prison. LuvLoogie Aug 2016 #6
I thought of that possibility when I saw it was Steubenville. yardwork Aug 2016 #13
That area is pretty bad. alphafemale Aug 2016 #20
Not personally, but I've heard there is a fair amount of mob activity there. yardwork Aug 2016 #22
Sometimes dead is better... ileus Aug 2016 #8
He may have made a lot of enemies... forgotmylogin Aug 2016 #18
only 13 years Fred Drum Aug 2016 #10
The quality of mercy is not strained. maxsolomon Aug 2016 #36
This is the same county where those HS jocks raped the unconscious girl alphafemale Aug 2016 #12
My family got out awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #25
Be grateful they did not let you grow up there. alphafemale Aug 2016 #39
How old were you awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #40
I was 18. Almost 19. nt alphafemale Aug 2016 #41
My father joined the Navy in 66 or so awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #42
It is a shame. alphafemale Aug 2016 #43
Not as cold as Cleveland awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #44
With good behavior, could have been out in less than 10, maybe. Unit 001 Aug 2016 #17
Ban all banisters! GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #19
And bar all barristers... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #26
Trying to escape and died trying. Because the sentence doesn't fit suicide IMO but who knows Person 2713 Aug 2016 #30
no, deliberate suicide maxsolomon Aug 2016 #35
without a gun, he couldn't have shot someone in the face maxsolomon Aug 2016 #34
 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
1. Does he look like
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:01 AM
Aug 2016

anyone we know? Hell, we are more alike than different.

He was brave to take a dive when facing slow insanity.

I don't think I could do this.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
7. Brave? Maybe he was stupid and thought he could "parkour" his way out of the situation...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 01:17 AM
Aug 2016

He might have watched too many James Bond and other action films...or maybe he played video games where people can jump from absurd heights and not die.

I wouldn't assume he was in a rational frame of mind at the time he took that action, and I would not be surprised if his intent was escape, not death. He might have even thought they were on the 2nd floor, not the 3rd.

And "slow insanity?" He could use the time to take some college courses and improve himself--with good behavior he might have cut his stretch in half.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
21. I think he may have been mentally handicapped or imbalanced in some way.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 03:56 PM
Aug 2016

In some pictures, where you can better see his facial features, it seems possible that fetal alcohol syndrome may have been a factor.

That would definitely fit with his life-long poor impulse control including the very dramatic one that ended his life.

I am very glad he did not kill or injure someone else in this last crazed stunt.

Although all present will live with that image for the rest of their lives.

I hope no children were present.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
33. Bravery, by its very definition entails an act which is morally praiseworthy.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 01:45 PM
Aug 2016

Bravery, by its very definition entails an act which is morally praiseworthy. What exactly did he do you perceive as so admirable?

Boomer

(4,159 posts)
2. Brave?
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:12 AM
Aug 2016

He was about to go to prison because he shot a man in the face. This is the history of a man who acts before he thinks. Poor impulse control is not courage.

CanonRay

(14,036 posts)
32. Your comment made me think
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 09:10 PM
Aug 2016

I wonder how many Military medals have been handed out following poor impulse control?

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
3. Forward this to anyone who supports the death penalty....
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:21 AM
Aug 2016

This is yet another person who would rather DIE than go to jail.

Yet people tend to act like putting someone away is "weak".

If they'd rather die, why give them what they want?

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
24. Well that's easy
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:05 PM
Aug 2016

Because, as death penalty opponents often say, at least in some cases obviously hypocritically, it's not about revenge.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
27. Most hardened criminals thrive in jail
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:13 PM
Aug 2016

Don't know what this guy's history was, but I doubt he was a "plan ahead" guy...

 

Ohioblue22

(1,430 posts)
28. He was trying to escape not kill himself. If I prisoners are afraid of life in prison and not the dp
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 07:23 PM
Aug 2016

Why do they try so hard to get out of death row. "Whew ... thank God it's the death penalty and not life in prison" said no convict ever

maxsolomon

(32,977 posts)
38. how do you figure?
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 05:02 PM
Aug 2016

there's nothing in the article that supports that conclusion. only a deliberate jump over a 3rd-floor bannister.

Igel

(35,191 posts)
16. For a lot of people
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:52 AM
Aug 2016

"gun culture" manages to combine white + uneducated + not young = NRA supporter.

That one of the largest reservoirs of "gun culture", it turns out, are not white and are young. But still uneducated. Very seldom are those included in "gun culture." Wyoming's homicide epidemic would be "gun culture"; Chicago's, certainly not. "Gun culture" folk pop up loudly until the perp's identity is known, then sometimes catapult their opinion or simply slink away.

(Is the poster you're replying to in that group? I have no idea. This is, of course, a statistical generalization, possibly flawed, based on observed instances.)

maxsolomon

(32,977 posts)
37. More like Onehandle meant
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 05:00 PM
Aug 2016

dude had a gun and used it to murder, therefore part of Gun Culture. at some point he thought a gun would solve his problem.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
5. I'd rather be in jail...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:37 AM
Aug 2016

... than be homeless.

I know that's not related to this story very much. I'm just saying.

It depends, though. If I could be "homeless" and live off the land in a reasonable manner, that would be far preferable for me.

Being forced to socialize with killers and lunatics would suck.

"Get out of your cell and go to the commons!"
Me: "Someone might shank me! I'd rather stay here and read a book."
"Get out there!"

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
15. That sounds like...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:20 AM
Aug 2016

... college! The food might be worse out of dumpsters.

The possibility of butt rape would cause me anxiety.

Homeless people living in the streets have dangerous lives too.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
31. I'm sorry. If you don't mind, would you tell me more...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 08:44 PM
Aug 2016

Last edited Sun Aug 28, 2016, 09:21 PM - Edit history (1)

... about your homeless experience?

How did you eat and the like? I'm wondering because I think that's where I'm headed eventually.

EDIT: I'm having trouble keeping jobs due to my eyesight. It's a retina problem that's not correctable by glasses. I'm blind in one eye already and my "good eye" slowly gets worse. Unless it gets FAR worse, I'll be unable to draw disability. My good eye is barely good enough for me to still drive at the moment. I'm using magnification software to interact here on DU. I've considered all sorts of things, including cutting out my "good eye" to qualify for disability, and even suicide, but perhaps the homeless life (if that happens) won't be so terrible after all.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
8. Sometimes dead is better...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 08:58 AM
Aug 2016

Last edited Sun Aug 28, 2016, 01:05 PM - Edit history (1)

I have no doubt he succeeded in what he wanted. If faced with a similar sentence I'd sure hope there was a quick way out also.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
18. He may have made a lot of enemies...
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:05 PM
Aug 2016

...and a bunch of them might be residing in the same place he was going. I'd guess that tends to happen with the type of people who will shoot someone else in the face.

But more than likely he reflexively chose a fatal action without thinking it through.

maxsolomon

(32,977 posts)
36. The quality of mercy is not strained.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 04:58 PM
Aug 2016

The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptered sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute of God himself;
And earthly power doth then show like God's
When mercy seasons justice.

William Shakespeare, 1596

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
12. This is the same county where those HS jocks raped the unconscious girl
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 09:27 AM
Aug 2016

This is the county I grew up in. It is corrupt and toxic beyond imagination.

I got away from there as soon as possible.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
39. Be grateful they did not let you grow up there.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 05:13 PM
Aug 2016

There was a deputy sheriff that used to try to find parked cars and Shine his flashlight on the girl as she put her clothing together.

That pervert is the Sheriff now.

I grew up knowing I wanted to move anywhere else. I knew it was bad I just didn't realize how bad until I became accustomed to having some level of trust in people in positions of power.

Corruption does exist in other areas, of course it does. But not like it does in Steubenville.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
43. It is a shame.
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 06:57 PM
Aug 2016

My heart does still ache sometimes for the beauty of some parts of it.

But on top of everything else, it gets cold. So...No.

maxsolomon

(32,977 posts)
34. without a gun, he couldn't have shot someone in the face
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 04:56 PM
Aug 2016

there'd be no murder, no conviction, no suicide.

it all starts with believing you NEED a gun.

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