[Vision2020] Sentence Appropriate?

[Art Deco]

In the Heustis case, not only was the sentence unbelievably lenient, but Heustis was granted a withheld judgment!

Very curious, since Heustis has not demonstrated that he has been exemplary citizen.  See:
https://www.idcourts.us/repository/caseHistory.do?roaDetail=yes&schema=LATAH&county=Latah&partySeq=1684&displayName=Heustis%2C+Kendall+Wayne


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hansen 
  To: Art Deco 
  Cc: Vision 2020 
  Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 4:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sentence Appropriate?


  Stegner?

  Seems I heard that name before.

  Wasn't he the presiding judge in another case involving a serial pedophile
  and another plea agreement . . .

  http://www.tomandrodna.com/CR_2005_02027/Plea_Agreement.pdf

  Oh, yeah.  That's him.

  Tom Hansen
  Moscow, Idaho

  > When are we going to get a district court judge that takes sexual crimes
  > against children seriously enough to give sentences that promote
  > deterrence and demonstrates to the community that sexual crimes against
  > children are not to be tolerated?
  >
  > Thirty days soft jail time and five years of basically meaningless
  > probation is hardly an appropriate sentence for attempting to entice a
  > virtual 13 year-old girl into a sexual encounter.
  >
  > Who is the greater threat to the well being of the community?  A single
  > offense offender or a judge that gives many lenient sentences?
  >
  > Wayne A. Fox
  > 1009 Karen Lane
  > PO Box 9421
  > Moscow, ID  83843
  >
  > waf at moscow.com
  > 208 882-7975
  > Man gets jail time in Internet crime case
  > Heustis sentenced to five years probation, 30 days in jail
  > By Christina Lords Daily News staff writer
  >
  > Posted on: Saturday, June 19, 2010
  >
  > A Moscow man who pleaded guilty to enticing a child over the Internet was
  > sentenced by 2nd District Court Judge John Stegner to 30 days in jail and
  > five years probation Friday.
  >
  > Kendall W. Heustis, 40, pleaded guilty to the charge in Latah County
  > District Court in mid-April.
  >
  > He faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a fine of $50,000.
  >
  > The charge was in relation to an undercover law enforcement sting
  > conducted by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon between
  > April and July 2008. The investigating officer was a member of Oregon's
  > Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
  >
  > The officer posed as a 13-year-old girl from Oregon, and Heustis exchanged
  > explicit information through chat rooms and Web cameras with the
  > undercover officer during that time.
  >
  > "It's been a long two years," Heustis said. "I've learned a lot from it. A
  > lot of things happened because of what I did on the computer, and I'm
  > paying the price for it."
  >
  > During the sentencing, Michelle Evans, senior deputy prosecuting attorney
  > for Latah County, asked for 10 years probation and a 90-day jail sentence.
  >
  > "I think that it's appropriate to impress upon Mr. Heustis ... the
  > seriousness of what he did," she said.
  >
  > Evans said it was fortunate Heustis was chatting with an undercover
  > detective instead of an actual victim during the incidents.
  >
  > Heustis must register as a sex offender and complete sex offender
  > treatment at Valley Treatment Specialties in Clarkston.
  >
  > The computer he used during the enticement incidents, which is in the
  > possession of the Moscow Police Department, must be forfeited, and he is
  > not allowed to use the Internet except for purposes congruent with this
  > probation requirements.
  >
  > Under the terms of his probation, he is not allowed to be alone with
  > anyone under the age of 18 and cannot frequent any city parks or schools
  > where children may be present.
  >
  > Heustis is prohibited from consuming alcohol, but Stegner said Heustis
  > would still be allowed to enter some bars to be able to continue playing
  > drums in his band.
  >
  > He was sentenced to pay $100 in court costs.
  >
  > Latah County has never pursued an enticement case like this before, Evans
  > said.
  >
  > Christina Lords can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 301, or by e-mail
  > to clords at dnews.com.
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