[Vision2020] Deary Teens Sentenced

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Janesta,

With all due respect,  the judge had access not only to the police reports in the case but also the report prepared by the juvenile probation office.  That latter investigates the incident, the juvenile's prior history, his family, mental, physical, and substance abuse history. It provides a better look at the juvenile than anyone here has had. I'll wager it didn't describe either of them as 'very violent.'

Safety of the community is almost always the first thing a judge looks at. "Disrespect to the citizens of Latah County," whatever that means, is not on the list of sentencing goals, and a good thing too. To me that looks more like an invitation to letting the mob decide than justice.

As someone who's represented clients in front of him for almost a decade, and occasionally prosecuted them in front of him before that, I can say that 'Bleeding heart' are two words not used in the same sentence as 'Judge Calhoun.'

A right to be upset, Tom? Maybe thirty days is nothing to you. I daresay it's a little different to a scared 14 year-old boy. Am I implying you're not fully knowledgeable, I would hope it's more explicit than that. You're not. You know you're not, or at least you ought to know it.

Poor Bill Thompson; asks to send the boys to juvie prison and yet gets ripped here. 

Sunil
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:11:13 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Deary Teens Sentenced
From: janesta at gmail.com
To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com

With all due respect, Sunil. This punishment sets a terrible example to the next teen who takes it upon themselves to turn Highway 8 into their own personal video game. 

The judge showed disrespect to the citizens of Latah County, and no regard for our safety with this sentence. For shame.


Janesta



On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:






Clearly the two of you know all there is to know about the boys and the case, more than the judge who dealt with them.

Sunil

 		 	   		  
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