William Walsh Also Being Kept in Solitary Confinement

There's something eerily similar about the cases of David Steeves and William Walsh, the two big murder stories that came out of Long Island this week. It should be a strange enough coincidence just in there being two high profile instances of men killing their wives in such close proximity. But add to that the fact that both men admitted their crimes to police only to then claim that the confessions were coerced and now reports today that both have been put into solitary as part of their incarceration. Authorities would not say why Walsh has been separated from the rest of the prison population, an action usually taken for medical, psychiatric or safety reasons. Newsday also reports that "at the Rockville Centre home of Leah Walsh's parents Friday, friends stopped by to express their condolences as the family gave candy to trick-or-treating children."

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By Billy Parker in News on November 1, 2008 4:33 PM

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Mr Mel

As I said previously, they're running out of isolation space.

thelexiphane

Good note [1]. Jail is where people are held after arrest and during trial if they're not released on bail. Prison is where people are sent after they've been convicted of a crime.

Too much L&O for me, obviously, but I foresee an episode called "Strangers on an LIRR Train."

YELLOWFOOT

prisoners are always but in solitary when they are first booked they need to be tested for phscological and phusical things before they can be but in the main population

Spirit of 76

Guess I'll never understand monsters like these two. I've had my share of breakups, same as everybody. And yeah, it hurts, especially if I really liked the girl. But so what? I picked up what was left of me and moved on. Nobody ever said life would be easy or even fair.

jaycjay

"the rest of the prison population"

For the sake of accuracy: while at this point it appears likely that he'll eventually be convicted and will then be part of a prison population, he's not in prison now. He's in jail.

A minor distinction, maybe, but jail isn't prison.