[Vision2020] Andrew Appleton

Tue Oct 29 10:25:50 PDT 2013

This doesn't sound overly impressive to me.  Seems more like a plea deal where Rape or Statutory Rape is reduced to  a deferred judgement of 'Felony Injury to Child', jail time with possibility of parole, no requirement to check the 'yes' box of felony convictions on job applications, and no requirement to register as a sex offender.  If this guy is a sociopath then he'll easily be able to hoodwink others.  I wouldn't be surprised if he re-offends.

-Scott

From: donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:29:37 -0700
Subject: [Vision2020] Andrew Appleton

"This is really a singular, unique event in my life," Appleton told the judge. "I hope never to be sitting in this court again. I'm deeply sorry." (stage direction: voice cracking and emotional during the “I’m sorry” part) As I sat in the court room at the sentencing hearing of Andrew Appleton I thought there must be something wrong with either my hearing or my mental processing of what had just heard.  After listening to Dr. Greg Wilson, a Pullman psychologist and paid-for-hire defense witness, extol the almost miraculous “progress” made in Appleton’s understanding of his crime wave and how he (Appleton) now takes “complete responsibility” for his behavior thanks in large part, according to Dr. Wilson, to a adult sexual offender relapse prevention workbook he (Wilson) provided Appleton that somehow provoked in Appleton a deeper insight into his deviant behavior. Further, Dr. Wilson shared that Appleton currently enjoys a new and currently stable marriage and “a deep peace of mind” since he no longer has to live a double life.  Dr. Wilson repeatedly emphasized Appleton’s brilliance “he scored higher than ninety-five percent of the population” in intelligence assessment testing. Wilson is also deeply impressed with Appleton’s self-treatment (the workbook mentioned above) and progress made in a self-initiated, self-directed “treatment” program.  Dr. Wilson suggested that it was unlikely that he was being manipulated by this very bright man due to his own extensive experience with sex offender diagnosis and treatment, but that did remain a possibility.  Bull feathers from start to finish.  How this criminal jackass could describe at least a year and a half of the sexual abuse of his niece (a young woman he referred to as his daughter in a WSU class he taught which makes his crime even creepier – if that’s  possible) a “singular and unique experience” when court documents record hundreds of sexual encounters  (according Judge Stegner) is beyond me.  Appleton spent eleven months denying his culpability to the court and his posse of eager-to-believe-him and blame-her pals.   Most criminals are “deeply sorry” and don’t enjoy being called to account for their behavior.  Unrepentant, manipulating (sociopaths?)  felons probably are sincere when they say they never want to sit in a courtroom again.  But, most do not throw a party within the past few weeks for their friends and colleagues (which involved thirty-eight guests according to Dr. Wilson) to own up to his lies and crimes.  Hello to the grandiosity aspect of his bent personality, don’t you think Dr. Wilson?  Andrew Appleton is on a retained jurisdiction which means after a period of incarceration at Cottonwood he will be evaluated by the prison staff who will provide Judge Stegner with an assessment of his behavior and progress.  If the findings are positive he will likely be placed on probation – if not, state prison is a likely consequence.  I am positive that a master operator like Andrew Appleton is comfortable with his ability to ingratiate himself with staff and fellow inmates. Even Steven Sitler, who also has hundreds of episodes of sexual abuse under his belt, and is not nearly as brilliant as Dr. Wilson finds Andrew Appleton, made it through the Cottonwood program.  It is a comfort to me and a benefit to our community that Judge Stegner, did not appear to be dazzled by Appleton’s intelligence nor his recent contrition.  I am grateful that he didn’t agree to the arrangement made by the prosecutor (what in the world is that about?) and Appleton’s attorney (who, quite aside from his despicable client did a fine job as a defense attorney – and that if of course, his job) to limited local jail time (shades of Steven Sitler) and an outpatient therapeutic treatment plan to be conducted in the Lewiston/Clarkston area or Spokane.  (Dr. Wilson had explained to the court that Appleton was far too advanced in his own self-treatment plan and innate intelligence to benefit at all from the therapy conducted at the Cottonwood facility).  Unlike the jackasses who allowed Steven Sitler to check out of jail and drive himself to “treatment” in a Lewiston/Clarkston private outpatient facility, Judge Stegner was having none of that. Judge Stegner’s  careful and judicious review of statutes describing sentencing consideration gave those of us in the courtroom a sense of how a sentence is selected and imposed.  Given the parameters required by law Judge Stegner was fair and just in imposing a sentence of one to five years with a retained judgment.  It is my profound hope that Andrew Appleton will ultimately serve five long, monotonous, mind-numbing, and miserable years in the state prison amongst folks who don’t give a hang about his remarkable intelligence, his charming (? ) manner, or his plumy British accent.  Those years might initiate in him the sense of dread and insecurity that his victim suffered and that he so clearly deserves.Rose Huskey
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