[Vision2020] Say What??????

[Andreas Schou]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:52 PM, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
> I'm glad this is going to be resolved without the county's financial
> collapse, but doesn't 15 years for manslaughter -- the wanton, willful
> destruction of a human life, and in this case a premeditated willingness not
> reflected in the plea -- seem odd in light of 25 years for the wanton,
> willful destruction of property?

As I understand it, Arson 1 is reserved for arsons resulting in loss
of human life, or arsons designed to cover up another crime. In this
case, as is usual, I suspect it's a fallback charge for when the arson
has actually destroyed some important evidence. The actual crimes in
the final accounting are a travesty, but the numbers -- 40 years,
which is essentially 'all meaningful parts of his life' -- are pretty
close to what I expected when they  walked back from the original
capital charge.

-- ACS