What length of prison sentence would make you saw off your ankle monitor and flee?

[Rain Man]

Hypothetical here, completely hypothetical.

Let's assume that you committed a crime and you were 99.5 percent certain that you were going to be convicted. Since you've never had so much as a traffic ticket prior to this issue, the judge decides that you can stay home with an ankle monitor while awaiting trial.

You can certainly opt to do the time since you did the crime. However, you look out your window and see the open road, and the only things between you and potential freedom is that device on your ankle and a likelihood that you'll be caught if you go to most places worth going to.

If you're facing a one-night jail sentence, you're probably not going to jump bail and flee. If you're facing the death sentence, it might be worth it to take a shot at building a new life somewhere else with a fake name and social security number. Somewhere in between lies the tipping point between staying and fleeing.

What's the SHORTEST sentence that you would face where you would decide to take your chances hopping on freight trains and working for cash with a floppy-brimmed hat over your face?

Poll coming as soon as the jury returns.

And if you would choose to flee, what would your plan be once you chew off your foot or otherwise remove the ankle bracelet?



Rules clarification:

1. The amounts in your poll are the actual time served. Don't assume that you'll get time off for good behavior to shorten it.
2. Of course, if you get caught fleeing you'll get additional charges and time as appropriate.

[Bearcat]

Which ankle?

[ChiTown]

~6 hours. I have a short fuse, and wearing that thing would just piss me off...

[RaidersOftheCellar]

I spent less than 24 hours in a jail cell and it was enough to straighten me out. Can’t even imagine spending a lifetime in those places.

[Spott]

10 years or more.

[DJJasonp]

I would be prime (dead) meat in prison.

So maybe anything more than a week??

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

I would be prime (dead) meat in prison.

So maybe anything more than a week??

Anybody get to you yet?

[KCJake]

Originally Posted by Spott

10 years or more.

That's about where I'm at. 5 year sentence, you could still rebuild. Not too much would be different when you got out. You get up around 10 years, fck that. I'm running

[AdolfOliverBush]

I initially picked 20 years based on how old I'd be 20 years from now, but after thinking about a decade of ass rape, I should've chose 10 years.

Then again, one day of ass rape doesn't sound like a walk in the park...

[TLO]

As the ultimate alpha of our species, I fear no prison sentence. I'd be running the place within 24 hours.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Which ankle?

Your non-kicking foot. Putting it on your kicking foot would be cruel and unusual punishment.

[digger]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Which ankle?

You are not sawing your ankle off...

[TripleThreat]

I put way more thought into this than I should have on a Tuesday work morning.

If I can go to a place to get it removed, obviously that would be my first choice and then flee.

For the sake of your question, I would cut it off. a few years ago I wouldn't have but now with the ability to work from home, do online scams, whatever from all over the globe, I'd simply go that route, and live modestly in some other country.

[TLO]

Actually I would be absolutely terrified to be in prison and would most certainly end up in isolation for my own safety. I picked 20 years, but I'd go insane by then.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I'm already undergoing a prison sentence. I just wanna go fishin!. Waaaaaa