心脏骤停醒来后，终身监禁囚犯要求出狱，原因竟是这个......
俗话说“人死不能复生”，但这在本杰明·施莱伯身上似乎不那么准确了。施莱伯是美国爱荷华州的一名无期徒刑犯人，四年前他曾经短暂地“死”过一次。从鬼门关回来后，他声称自己的终身监禁在“死”的那一刻就已经算服完了，现在应该把他放了。
Benjamin Schreiber was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1997 after being convicted of first-degree murder. In March 2015, he developed large kidney stones that led to septic poisoning, according to court documents.
1997年，本杰明·施莱伯因一级谋杀罪被判处终身监禁，不得假释。根据法庭文件，2015年3月他患上严重的肾结石，导致败血症中毒。
He eventually fell unconscious in his cell and was taken to a local hospital, where he was resuscitated five separate times, the documents say.
后来在牢房中他陷入昏迷，被送往当地医院。在那里他心脏骤停了五次，都被救了回来。
According to the Iowa Court of Appeals, Schreiber "claims he momentarily died at the hospital, thereby fulfilling his 'life' sentence ... Because his sentence has been fulfilled, he argues, he is imprisoned illegally and should be immediately released."
根据爱荷华州上诉法院的说法，施莱伯“声称他在医院心脏骤停，算是服完了他的‘终身’监禁……既然刑都服完了，之后再被送回牢里就是非法监禁了，所以应该立即获释。”
▲A convicted murderer who momentarily died says his life sentence has been served(via CNN)
图 via爱荷华州监狱
当然，法官们可并没有那么好糊弄。他的两次上诉都被法官驳回了。
In April 2018, Schreiber filed for post-conviction relief, claiming that he was being held in prison illegally. His sentence was supposed to end with his death, he argued.
2018年4月，施莱伯申请定罪后释放，声称他被非法关押在监狱中。他辩称，他的刑期本应随着他的死亡而终止。
A district court judge wasn't convinced by his creative attempt to find a loophole in the law, saying that Schreiber's argument was "unpersuasive and without merit". The fact that Schreiber was able to file a legal motion petitioning for his release, the judge added, "in itself confirms the petitioner's current status as living."
但是他这种想钻法律漏洞的说法，并没有说服地区法院的法官。法官说施莱伯的主张“没有说服力，没有价值”。事实上，施莱伯能够提出上诉，要求释放他，“本身就证实了他目前是活着的状态”。
The inmate took his quest to the Iowa Court of Appeals, which was similarly unpersuaded. In an opinion published Wednesday, the panel of judges didn't attempt to reckon with the spiritual or medical definition of "death," a philosophical question that has generated intense legal wrangling and complex debates over medical ethics elsewhere. Instead, they zeroed in on what "life in prison" means.
施莱伯又向爱荷华州法院提起上诉，但同样没有说服法官。在周三(11月8日)公布的一份意见书中，评审团压根就没讨论“死亡”的精神定义或是医学定义。相反，他们着重考虑的是“终身监禁”的含义。
"Schreiber is either alive, in which case he must remain in prison, or he is dead, in which case this appeal is moot," Potterfield wrote.
“施莱伯要么是个活人，那他就得呆在监狱里；要么是个死人，那么这个上诉也就没意义了。”
▲A Murderer Died While Serving a Life Sentence. Now He's Alive Again, And He Wants Out(via sciencealert)
施莱伯可能已经预料到一个理由不够充分，在这第二次上诉中，他还加了一条：医生侵犯了他的权利，没有遵守他“不要抢救”的要求。
根据法庭记录显示，施莱伯的哥哥只同意给他用药来缓解他的疼痛，医院做出抢救的决定在此之后了。因为下级法院尚未对此问题做出裁决，评审团拒绝回答这个问题。这么一来，施莱伯会不会因“非自愿被救活”真钻成了这个法律的漏洞，就说不定了。
一些网友对施莱伯清奇的逻辑表示佩服：
Gotta giveup to the guy, he made an excellent argument lol
就遂了他的愿吧，这逻辑满分啊，哈哈哈。
interesting argument. glad he lost his case though
这逻辑有点意思。不过幸好他没上诉成功。
也有人认为施莱伯确实发现了一个不小的漏洞。
It’s one hell of a loophole and in all honesty, it’s debatable. I’d suggest someone consider the argument, discuss it and perhaps close the loophole.
这真是个大漏洞，老实说，这个问题很有争议性。建议有人考虑一下这个论点，讨论一下，也许可以堵住漏洞。
Just pass a law that prisoners with life sentences cannot be resuscitated.
干脆就通过一项法律，规定不能抢救无期徒刑犯人。
你觉得施莱伯应不应该被释放？
来源：环球时报英文版
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