<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sunil,<div><br></div><div>The problem is, "we" the people that elected the prosecutor only know what we know about this case from the press, NOT the elected official.</div><div><br></div><div>What has been released is that two very violent offenders are being released after 30 days detention and 3 years probation.</div><div>IF there is more that what appears, should it be up to the electorate to dig it out or should there be a statement as to "WHY" from</div><div>the elected official? </div><div><br></div><div>There very well COULD be reasons for this sentence, but don't you think the electorate have a right to know why two juveniles, who have admitted </div><div>to violent crimes with firearms are just getting what appears to be a slap on the wrist?</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">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.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bear@moscow.com">bear@moscow.com</a><br>> To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:48:49 -0700<br>> CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Deary Teens Sentenced<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Tom,<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> While you and I disagree on a lot on Vision 2020, on this one we DO<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> agree.<br>> And what i fear is that since they already shot at human beings, they<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> won't be shooting the neighbors cats and dogs, they'll shoot the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> neighbors!<br>> And as long as they do it in Latah County, it will most likely be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> prosecuted as manslaughter!<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Wayne<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> On Apr 26, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > Courtesy of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.<br>> ><br>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > Deary teens sentenced to 30 days of detention, three years probation<br>> ><br>> > Two Deary teens who admitted to shooting at several chip trucks and<br>> > passenger vehicles were sentenced by Lewis County Magistrate Stephen<br>> > Calhoun to 30 days of juvenile detention at the Nez Perce Juvenile<br>> > Detention Center in Lewiston. They will also serve three years of<br>> > probation — the maximum allowed for a juvenile facing these charges —<br>> > effective immediately.<br>> ><br>> > Austin Rickert, 14, and Austin Medlock, 14, each admitted to two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > counts of<br>> > unlawful discharge of a firearm at a passenger vehicle, as well as one<br>> > count of unlawful discharge of a firearm at a vehicle at nine chip<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > trucks<br>> > after they shot at the vehicles Jan. 22 near Helmer.<br>> ><br>> > Rickert faced an additional count of altering a firework.<br>> ><br>> > Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson asked for a lesser<br>> > sentencing of placing the two boys within the Department of Juvenile<br>> > Correction program where they could obtain therapy and live in a<br>> > group-home setting.<br>> ><br>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > So . . .<br>> ><br>> > As punishment for firing upon passing vehicles on Highway 8, the two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > boys<br>> > are sent to bed without supper and told not to do it again.<br>> ><br>> > Had somebody been injured (or worse), these boys may have been<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > grounded<br>> > for a week (maybe longer, huh?).<br>> ><br>> > Perhaps now, instead of firing at passing cars, they'll be firing at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > the<br>> > neighbor's cat or dog.<br>> ><br>> > JEEESH!!!<br>> ><br>> > Seeya at the polls, Moscow.<br>> ><br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> > change<br>> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>> ><br>> > - Unknown<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> ><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>> ><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> > =======================================================<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> =======================================================<br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>