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Published on: 2/27/2007
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In his bond-reduction request, attorney Jim Alcock of Houma pointed at Lirette's lack of any prior criminal record and his status as the sole breadwinner for his wife and two children.Other inmates with grudges against the former jailer have been threatening him, Alcock said.
Lirette had been fired from the jail on an unrelated matter Jan. 31, two weeks prior to Walker's death, Alcock said, so "it would be extremely difficult to connect" Lirette's role in the operation to the delivery of the specific drugs that may have killed the inmate.
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Alcock said the judge's comments to the inmate's mother earlier in the day gave him a premonition that his client's request for a lower bond would also be unsuccessful.
"I think when the toxicology report is turned in and when we have a copy of the investigation file, my client will be absolved of any responsibility in the death of Mr. Walker," Alcock added.