[Peace-discuss] Brian Chesley's case

[Brian Dolinar]

Its coming up in November - the St. Atty is an elected official.

BD

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
wrote:

> Maybe there should be a Citizens' Review Board for the office of the
> State's Attorney.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Shirley Stillinger
> <shirley.stillinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Although I share the anger and disgust voiced by many of you against the
> > behavior of the police who arrested Mr. Chesley, there is an important
> part
> > of the criminal justice system that has not been mentioned:  the
> Champaign
> > County State's Attorney.
> >
> > Whenever any law enforcement officer in the county makes an arrest, he
> or
> > she sends a report to the State's Attorney, who can then do one of three
> > things:
> >
> >      1.  Do nothing
> >
> >      2.  Refer the arrested person into a diversion program
> >
> >      3.  Take the case to court
> >
> > I think that diversion would have been the appropriate choice.  Mr.
> Chesley
> > contributed to the situation and some consequence seems appropriate.
> >
> > A couple of years ago, I witnessed a trial in a similar case.  Different
> > State's Attorney, but the same choice.  As someone muttered in walking
> out
> > of the courtroom, "A case of prosecutorial overreach."
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Note new email address: shirley.stillinger at gmail.com.
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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
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