[Vision2020] Washington man set on fire by wife now faces sex crime charge

[Sunil]

Saundra,

The Moscow crime was not a violent crime. If you are really comparing this crime to setting a man on fire, then I'm - to use your word - gobsmacked. That's an absolutely absurd comparison.

Your sample is small and to make sweeping conclusions about the system may play well here, but is completely off. There are problems with the system, but this isn't one of them in Latah. In some parts of the state, I think high bails are the problem. It's certainly easier for a judge to set bail excessively high, and avoid yelling like we've seen for this case, than to do his or her job correctly.

I think the problem is that you and Tom want bail used as punishment. These are the factors that are to be considered; emphasis is mine:

>From the ABA:

'Steps in a TrialBail
Bail is the 
amount of money defendants must post to be released from custody until 
their trial. Bail is not a fine. It is not supposed to be used as 
punishment. The purpose of bail is simply to ensure that defendants will
 appear for trial and all pretrial hearings for which they must be 
present. Bail is returned to defendants when their trial is over, in 
some states minus a processing fee.
The judge or magistrate decides the amount of bail by weighing many factors:
the risk of the defendant fleeing,the type of crime alleged,the "dangerousness" of defendants, andthe safety of the community.Sometimes
 bail is conditioned on certain behavior of the defendant - for example,
 that he or she have no contact with the alleged victim.'

The state had seven months to review the evidence in this case. I worked against that office for five years, and I have not known them to undercharge cases. It may suit the motives of people to make that claim, but it's not based on actual knowledge. 

Sunil
From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
To: scooterd408 at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 21:14:54 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Washington man set on fire by wife now faces sex	crime	charge

Huh – I didn’t see bail mentioned in the article, but if it is $500,000, that leaves me even more confused about the low bail amounts for the two who allegedly starved a veteran to death over a prolonged period of time.  One of the two is a convicted felon who has numerous probation violations (and several other alleged bad acts that he wasn’t violated for) including moving without notifying his PO. I know the WA case is a sample of only one, but could it be that WA takes violent crimes – even against alleged child molesters – seriously while ID doesn’t? Honestly, the more criminal cases I’ve looked at in Idaho (which I freely admit is just a drop in the bucket), the more it seems to me the so-called criminal justice system here really is FUBAR, at least when the victim/survivor is a person rather than property.  The judicial branch’s actions remind me of those lazy bad parents who always threaten to lower the boom but never really follow through.  Is it any wonder, then, recidivism rates are so high?  Saundra LundMoscow, ID It's a matter of taking the side if the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.~ Harriet Beecher Stowe   From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Scott Dredge
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:24 PM
To: viz
Subject: [Vision2020] Washington man set on fire by wife now faces sex crime charge Apparently the wife's bail is set at $500,000.

'...detectives said they are recommending that [the crispy creep] be charged with first-degree child molestation.'

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Police-Man-set-on-fire-by-wife-now-faces-sex-crime-charges-269377691.html


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