Strip-search defendant denied shock probation -
[Cached Version]
Published on: 8/21/2006
Last Visited: 8/21/2006
A Bullitt Circuit Court judge Monday denied shock probation for Walter W. Nix Jr., who was sentenced in March to five years in prison for strip-searching and sexually abusing a teenage worker at the Mount Washington McDonald's in April 2004.
...
Asking that Nix be released after five months behind bars, Nix's lawyer, Kathleen Schmidt, cited his lack of a previous criminal record, as well as experiments around the world showing that people will do awful things if they are commanded to do so by someone they think is an authority figure.
...
McDonald's has countered that Ogborn should have realized that Stewart wasn't a police officer and that Ogborn, Stewart and Nix are responsible for any damages.