[Vision2020] WTF?

[lfalen]

Garrett
I don't James but do know his half brother and sister and his dad. What you have stated here conforms to what I have heard about the case.
Roger
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From: Garrett Clevenger garrettmc at verizon.net
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:19:11 -0800
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] WTF?

> My ex-fiance is the woman who had a child with Tyler, the guy shot.  My relationship with her ended 6 years ago, but we've kept in touch.  She told me the scenario around why Tyler was shot.  
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> This isn't something that could be explained sufficiently by the papers, so it's understandable why people would question how the guy who killed Tyler could be released so soon.
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> This was a love triangle gone bad by immature young adults.  Tyler found out James was having an affair with the mother of Tyler's kid (my ex from long ago) and flipped out.
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> James believed Tyler was out of control (Tyler had been whacked on drugs for days and had implied to my ex that he intended to die).
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> If this guy came to your house threatening your family, what would you do?  Waiting for help from the cops may have been to late.
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> Tyler was shot in the heat of an argument that Tyler went looking for.  James believed he had no choice but to defend himself and his family.
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> The whole thing is tragic, but it's real.  Crimes of passion are a leading cause of domestic violence.
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> I don't condone what James did, but understand that the life of your family is something most people won't take lightly.  
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> Locking up James any longer would be a waste of money, and of his life.  It would do James' family no good if he were locked up.  
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> I don't know James, but believe he is not a threat to society.  He will be on parole, so if he is a bad guy, he will be monitored. 
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> Sometimes you gotta trust that the legal system works and that putting some people behind bars for crimes they didn't go looking for yet committed is a waste.  
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> James will be paying in many ways for taking the law into his own hands for the rest of his life.  It is a shame that Tyler's family will be paying, too...
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> Take home message: be careful who you threaten, or better yet, don't threaten anyone!
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>  Garrett Clevenger
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