Wednesday, October 28, 2009

DIVERSION VS. PUBLIC SAFETY

ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION WORK (NOT)
By Bob Walsh

PacoVilla’s Corrections blog
October 28, 2009

If at first you don't succeed, keep on trying with government help. It works, at least if you are a dangerous crazy person.

Charlie Fonilloa Sekona, 20, was arrested in March of this year for thumping on a Costco worker who was sweeping the sidewalk in front of the Costco on 10th St. in San Francisco. Good old Crazy Charlie just beat on the guy for no reason whatsoever. Prosecutors in San Francisco (where the death penalty is dead and criminal behavior is acceptable for illegal aliens) put him in a diversion program instead of jailing him.

It worked out OK for Crazy Charlie, but not so good for Eric Buschman, 49, who was stabbed to death in front of his own home by Crazy Charlie two weeks ago. He and a buddy were unloading some camping equipment from a pick-up truck when good old Crazy Charlie walked, shanked him, and walked away. Buschman's wife and daughter were in the house and were unhurt, as were Buschman's friend. The public defender said, after his arrest, "He was doing really well, apparently."

I guess defense attorney's have a different standard than actual human beings.

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