[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Brian Chesley case

[Brian Dolinar]

Of course, Rietz will not come out in public to answer these questions
only hide behind a curtain, handpick those favorable to her,
and then talk about 'responsibility.'
She is afraid she will be asked the questions
she doesn't want to answer.

BD

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Marti Wilkinson <martiwilki at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>
> >
> >
> > ---------- 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Note new email address: shirley.stillinger at gmail.com.
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