Sometimes, it takes an addict: DeWayne McKinney, alcoholic, and his ATM machines
Sometimes, it takes an addict:
DeWayne McKinney, 47, killed when he crashed his moped into a bus stop sign and utility pole in Hawaii with a BAL of .22 per cent. McKinney had been released from incarceration in 2000 after being wrongly convicted of a 1980 robbery-murder at a Burger King in Orange, California and, amazingly, expressed no anger or bitterness. Instead, he spoke at churches about the faith that carried him through his years in prison and even met the judge who sentenced him and the prosecutor in the case, accepting an apology and a hug from the judge and endorsing the reelection campaign of the prosecutor. He won a $1 million settlement in 2002 and parlayed it into a multimillion dollar ATM business on the Hawaiian Islands. Unfortunately, McKinney, even if he didn’t commit the crime, was an addict. He apparently relapsed somewhere along the way”he had divorced his wife and was seen drinking heavily at a recent public event in Los Angeles. A plausible reason for the relapse can be found below under “Myth of the Month.â€