A man convicted of murder was rushed from the Iowa State Penitentiary to the hospital in 2015, where his heart was restarted five times.

Now he claims his life sentence was fulfilled in his short-lived death, and that he has over-stayed his prison time by four years.

Benjamin Schreiber, found guilty of first-degree murder in 1997 and sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole, was hospitalized in March 2015 after large kidney stones caused him to develop septic poisoning, according to court records.

By the time he arrived at the hospital, he was unconscious, records show.

https://www.press-citizen.com/...ed-death/2517110001/

Points awarded for creativity, but, uh, no.

If he agrees to the required embalming, followed by burial, I say let him have his wish.

so he gets two jello cups for a week , at lunch

Only if he stays dead. They should give him the option...

They should have just honored the DNR order.

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Originally posted by Expert308:
They should have just honored the DNR order.

It sure would have saved a lot of $$$$$!!

Hey, it worked for Jon Snow. It was certainly worth a shot.

Too bad his victims (I'm sure there were plenty more before they finally got him for murder) didn't come back to haunt him, like in the movie Flatliners.

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A man convicted of murder was rushed from the Iowa State Penitentiary to the hospital in 2015, where his heart was restarted five times.

Death is when brain activity ceases, is it not? The heart stopping won't kill the brain for several minutes. As Para alluded to, nice try.

I am all for him being released.......right after the full autopsy.

Life sentence is that he is to remain in prison while still alive, yes? He’s still alive, so .....

His definition of death is a little different than everyone else’s.

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Schreiber's attorney could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

Blame this fucker.

If they never pronounced, then there is no death certificate.

In (altered) words of Dr. Leonard McCoy:

"He's not dead, Jim."

^^^ What he said. No pronouncement of death by Coroner or MD, you aint legally dead.
Kudos for originality though.

"Hell, I even thought I was dead 'til I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska."

That really made me laff. Thanks, Para, I needed that.

Duck I says!

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
His definition of death is a little different than everyone else’s.

Well, not everyone’s. We still see frequents statements of the, “I died three times on the operating table,” and not only from people trying to get some benefit from dying. But, no, if you had died, you wouldn’t be telling us about it. Dead is dead, and not something we get over.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Dead is dead, and not something we get over.