[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Brian Chesley case

[Marti Wilkinson]

It is important to consider all sides of a story, however it has been
pointed out that the police reports were not made available to Chesley's
attorneys at the time that diversion was offered. Plus, and I may be wrong,
it's my understanding that taking diversion would have involved an admission
of guilt - which would have given Chesley no recourse in regards to the
manner in which he was treated by the officers that night. If he had taken a
guilty plea it would have justified the violence done to him.



On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Shirley Stillinger <
shirley.stillinger at gmail.com> wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Julia Rietz <jrietz1 at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:13 PM
> Subject: Brian Chesley case
> To: shirley.stillinger at gmail.com
>
>
> Shirley,
> A friend forwarded me the e-mail you sent to the Peace-discuss mailing
> list about the Brian Chesley case.  From your e-mail it appears that you
> believe that diversion was not offered as an alternative.  I wanted to make
> sure you were aware that my office did offer Mr. Chesley the opportunity to
> participate in adult diversion rather than being charged, however his
> attorney advised him not to accept that offer.  We do not offer adult
> diversion as an alternative unless the case is chargeable and proveable.  If
> the individual turns down adult diversion or does not complete the program,
> then we file the charge.   We do not divert cases we cannot prove.  If we
> can't prove the case, as you suggested, we do nothing.  It would not be
> appropriate to divert cases that we could not prove at trial; diversion is
> supposed to be an alternative to court action that could otherwise be taken.
>  I appreciate your understanding that Mr. Chesley had responsibility in this
> situation.
> Sincerely,
> Julia Rietz
>
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