[Vision2020] Now here is a judge that knows what he is doing

[J Ford]

What "experts" agreed this fool could be rehabbed?  The top experts in the 
country all agree that these type of criminals can NOT be "cured" and we 
have local ones saying something different?

And FINALLY, a judge who has his law books and moral fortitude firmly 
planted in front of him and is not afraid to use them!

Thanks for putting this out there.



J  :]




>From: "Shelly" <CJs at Turbonet.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Now here is a judge that knows what he is doing
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:39:52 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
>
>Judge gives child rapist life sentence
>
>
>By KERRI SANDAINE
>of the Tribune
>ASOTIN -- Asotin County Superior Court Judge William D. Acey said he rarely
>goes against a joint sentencing recommendation from the state and defense,
>but a denial was warranted in a child rape case he heard Tuesday.
>"I cannot, in my heart, trust you," Acey told the defendant, Brandon J.
>Russell, 19, of Clarkston, before sentencing him to life in prison with a
>minimum of 93 months behind bars.
>Russell had earlier pleaded guilty to first-degree rape of a child, a class
>A felony.
>Acey said he wants to make sure the community is not at risk, and Russell
>gets treatment in prison.
>Prior to sentencing, Russell broke down in tears and apologized for 
>sexually
>abusing a 3-year-old girl.
>The state had recommended Russell be sentenced to life with a minimum of 93
>months, under a special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative, known as SOSA.
>Under the agreement, Russell would have received a suspended sentence
>requiring monitoring and outpatient treatment, and he would have been
>released Tuesday.
>Acey said he was concerned about releasing the defendant because he had no
>job, never finished high school and had a history of drug use. The
>probability of Russell successfully completing an outpatient program for 
>sex
>offenders was slim, the judge said.
>"I have to watch out for the community," Acey said. "You will get treatment
>on the inside."
>Prosecutor Benjamin Nichols said the family of the victim and the family of
>the defendant had agreed to the sentence he recommended.
>"I recommended SOSA because I believed it would be in the best interest of
>everyone involved," Nichols said.
>Russell's attorney, Jane E. Richards, said she was shocked by the decision.
>"I was dismayed that the judge didn't go with the SOSA," she said. "My 
>client was a candidate for it, up and down. I didn't agree with the judge's 
>findings as far as him not working. He's been in jail for eight months and 
>hasn't had the opportunity to obtain employment. At 19, I think he is at an 
>age to be rehabilitated, and the experts agreed."


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