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| Philadelphia Prison Boss Called to Court on Library Access |
| By Philadelphia Daily News |
| Published: 06/04/2003 |
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King is accused of failing to give a prisoner access to the prison law library. The prisoner is George Bussinger, 27, a former paralegal from Hatboro, Montgomery County, accused of aggravated assault and risking a catastrophe among other charges and who has said he wishes to represent himself at his trial. Bussinger made the request to Sarmina last year, stating his assigned public defender is a 'f------idiot.' Bussinger was arrested in December 2000 after leading police from Montgomery County and Philadelphia on a chase on Route 611, Roosevelt Boulevard and the Schuylkill Expressway that reached 100 mph. The chase ended when Bussinger crashed the stolen car. At the time he was facing bank robbery charges in Montgomery County. According to Assistant District Attorney M.K. Feeley, Bussinger's trial on the Philadelphia charges has been put off by mutual agreement until he is tried on the charges pending against him in Montgomery County, where he also plans to represent himself. According to Philadelphia Prison System spokesman Bob Eskin, King's position is that there is 'no merit to Bussinger's claim' that he's been denied library access. 'He has been given access to the law libraries at the Curran-Fromhold Correction Facility and at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center, Monday through Friday,' said Eskin. 'And he has made use of that privilege far more than the system's 7,400 other prisoners. He refuses to sign the law library log book but we have adequate documentation of his visits on an almost daily basis,' he said. |
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