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Young black man jailed since April for alleged $5 theft found dead in cell
Jamycheal Mitchell, 24, had been held in Virginia jail without bail for nearly four months, accused of stealing a Mountain Dew, Snickers bar and a Zebra Cake. A young black man arrested by police in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the same day that one of the city’s officers fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old, has been found dead in jail after spending almost four months behind bars without bail for stealing groceries worth $5.
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This is one of those "are you kidding me?" kind of stories. So he needs mental help and he's left in jail? A quick google search tells me both petty larceny and trespassing have maximum sentences of only one year. It seems ridiculous that he's in jail 4 months with a mental condition, without help, and while there was no end of this in sight for him, he likely already served the amount of jail time he would have been sentenced with. It's all very sad.
What the fuck, America.
It's five measly dollars.