[Peace-discuss] Brian Chesley's case

[Brian Dolinar]

Brian Chesley was offered diversion
but St Atty Rietz had not released the police reports to his attorneys
he didn't know what the evidence against him was
and he believed he was innocent of the charges
so he refused the diversion.

BD

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 5:57 PM, 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."
>
>
>
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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
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Urbana, IL 61801
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