Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit April 6, 2007, 06-2374 (United States v. James Harry Rand, Also Known as Harry Rand)

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

An incredibly bizarre plot — seemingly doomed to failure from the start — unraveled with tragic consequences: the death of an innocent man and a life sentence for the defendant in this case, James Rand.

Rand, unfortunately, was a friend of a fellow named Joseph Kalady. And Kalady was in hot water.