The deck was stacked against a former Marine who died by suicide in a Virginia jail

The Stafford County man who died by suicide on Sunday while in custody at the Rappahannock Regional Jail never had a chance. “He said, ‘Sissy, I didn’t do this, but men don’t beat rape charges. I’m going to die in jail,’” said Elizabeth Self, whose brother, Christopher Lee Franklin, 40, was awaiting an Aug. 19 jury trial on charges related to the alleged Jan. 17 rape of an ex-girlfriend in Stafford.