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From Preacherman at THR:
:barf: I don't BELIEVE this @#$% judge!!!
From Channel 3 News, Burlington, VT (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4319605):
Rapist's Prison Sentence Triggers Outrage
Burlington, Vermont -- January 4, 2005
There was outrage Wednesday when a Vermont judge handed out a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl many,many times over a four-year span starting when she was seven.
The judge said he no longer believes in punishment and is more concerned about rehabilitation.
Prosecutors argued that confessed child-rapist Mark Hulett, 34, of Williston deserved at least eight years behind bars for repeatedly raping a littler girl countless times starting when she was seven.
But Judge Edward Cashman disagreed explaining that he no longer believes that punishment works.
"The one message I want to get through is that anger doesn't solve anything. It just corrodes your soul," said Judge Edward Cashman speaking to a packed Burlington courtroom. Most of the on-lookers were related to a young girl who was repeatedly raped by Mark Hulett who was in court to be sentenced.
The sex abuse started when the girl was seven and ended when she was ten. Prosecutors were seeking a sentence of eight to twenty years in prison, in part, as punishment.
"Punishment is a valid purpose," Chittenden Deputy Prosecutor Nicole Andreson argued to Judge Edward Cashman.
"The state recognizes that the court may not agree or subscribe to that method of sentencing but the state does. The state thinks that it is a very important factor for the court to consider," Andreson added.
But Judge Cashman explained that he is more concerned that Hulett receive sex offender treatment as rehabilitation. But under Department of Corrections classification, Hulett is considered a low-risk for re-offense so he does not qualify for in-prison treatment.So the judge sentenced him to just 60 days in prison and then Hulett must complete sex treatment when he gets out or face a possible life sentence.
Judge Cashman also also revealed that he once handed down stiff sentences when he first got on the bench 25 years ago, but he no longer believes in punishment.
"I discovered it accomplishes nothing of value;it doesn't make anything better;it costs us a lot of money; we create a lot of expectation, and we feed on anger,"Cashman explained to the people in the court.
The sentence outraged the victim's family who asked not to be identified.
"I don't like it," the victim's mother,in tears, told Channel 3. "He should pay for what he did to my baby and stop it here. She's not even home with me and he can be home for all this time, and do what he did in my house," she added.
Hulett -- who had been out on bail-- was taken away to start his sentence immediately.
I say flood the court with complaints!
Chittenden District Court
32 Cherry Street, Suite 300
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 651-1950
AND:
The Judicial Conduct Board is responsible for reviewing and investigating all complaints of misconduct or disability by Vermont judicial officers. Contact:
Christopher L. Davis, Esq.
275 College Street
P.O. Box 721
Burlington, VT 05402
I say this judge either committed misconduct or is functionally disabled. In any case, he needs to go......
Vermont Rules of Judicial Conduct
RULE 8.4 MISCONDUCT
It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
(a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly
assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;
(b) engage in a "serious crime," defined as illegal conduct involving any felony
or involving any lesser crime a necessary element of which involves interference with the
administration of justice, false swearing, intentional misrepresentation, fraud, deceit, bribery,
extortion, misappropriation, theft, or an attempt or a conspiracy or solicitation of another to
commit a "serious crime";
(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
(d) engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;
(e) state or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or
official;
(f) knowingly assist a judge or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of
applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law;
(g) discriminate against any individual because of his or her race, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, place of birth or age, or against a qualified
handicapped individual, in hiring, promoting or otherwise determining the conditions of
employment of that individual; or
(h) engage in any other conduct which adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness
to practice law.
I think there's enough here to give this guy "Das Boot"
The Vermont constitution contains two explicit
standards by which judges can be removed from office. Chapter II, § 58
provides: “Every officer of State, whether judicial or executive, shall be liable
to be impeached by the House of Representatives, either when in office or
after resignation or removal for mal-administration.”
The other standard for removing a judge from office specifies the length
of judicial tenure. Chapter II, § 36 states: “The justices of the Supreme Court
and the judges of all subordinate courts shall hold office during good behavior
for the terms for which they are appointed.”75 The phrase “hold office”
implies that if a judge behaved “badly”, removal from office would be
appropriate.
Link to "how to file a complaint" is HERE
:barf: I don't BELIEVE this @#$% judge!!!
From Channel 3 News, Burlington, VT (http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4319605):
Rapist's Prison Sentence Triggers Outrage
Burlington, Vermont -- January 4, 2005
There was outrage Wednesday when a Vermont judge handed out a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl many,many times over a four-year span starting when she was seven.
The judge said he no longer believes in punishment and is more concerned about rehabilitation.
Prosecutors argued that confessed child-rapist Mark Hulett, 34, of Williston deserved at least eight years behind bars for repeatedly raping a littler girl countless times starting when she was seven.
But Judge Edward Cashman disagreed explaining that he no longer believes that punishment works.
"The one message I want to get through is that anger doesn't solve anything. It just corrodes your soul," said Judge Edward Cashman speaking to a packed Burlington courtroom. Most of the on-lookers were related to a young girl who was repeatedly raped by Mark Hulett who was in court to be sentenced.
The sex abuse started when the girl was seven and ended when she was ten. Prosecutors were seeking a sentence of eight to twenty years in prison, in part, as punishment.
"Punishment is a valid purpose," Chittenden Deputy Prosecutor Nicole Andreson argued to Judge Edward Cashman.
"The state recognizes that the court may not agree or subscribe to that method of sentencing but the state does. The state thinks that it is a very important factor for the court to consider," Andreson added.
But Judge Cashman explained that he is more concerned that Hulett receive sex offender treatment as rehabilitation. But under Department of Corrections classification, Hulett is considered a low-risk for re-offense so he does not qualify for in-prison treatment.So the judge sentenced him to just 60 days in prison and then Hulett must complete sex treatment when he gets out or face a possible life sentence.
Judge Cashman also also revealed that he once handed down stiff sentences when he first got on the bench 25 years ago, but he no longer believes in punishment.
"I discovered it accomplishes nothing of value;it doesn't make anything better;it costs us a lot of money; we create a lot of expectation, and we feed on anger,"Cashman explained to the people in the court.
The sentence outraged the victim's family who asked not to be identified.
"I don't like it," the victim's mother,in tears, told Channel 3. "He should pay for what he did to my baby and stop it here. She's not even home with me and he can be home for all this time, and do what he did in my house," she added.
Hulett -- who had been out on bail-- was taken away to start his sentence immediately.
I say flood the court with complaints!
Chittenden District Court
32 Cherry Street, Suite 300
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 651-1950
AND:
The Judicial Conduct Board is responsible for reviewing and investigating all complaints of misconduct or disability by Vermont judicial officers. Contact:
Christopher L. Davis, Esq.
275 College Street
P.O. Box 721
Burlington, VT 05402
I say this judge either committed misconduct or is functionally disabled. In any case, he needs to go......
Vermont Rules of Judicial Conduct
RULE 8.4 MISCONDUCT
It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
(a) violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly
assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;
(b) engage in a "serious crime," defined as illegal conduct involving any felony
or involving any lesser crime a necessary element of which involves interference with the
administration of justice, false swearing, intentional misrepresentation, fraud, deceit, bribery,
extortion, misappropriation, theft, or an attempt or a conspiracy or solicitation of another to
commit a "serious crime";
(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
(d) engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice;
(e) state or imply an ability to influence improperly a government agency or
official;
(f) knowingly assist a judge or judicial officer in conduct that is a violation of
applicable rules of judicial conduct or other law;
(g) discriminate against any individual because of his or her race, color, religion,
ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, place of birth or age, or against a qualified
handicapped individual, in hiring, promoting or otherwise determining the conditions of
employment of that individual; or
(h) engage in any other conduct which adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness
to practice law.
I think there's enough here to give this guy "Das Boot"
The Vermont constitution contains two explicit
standards by which judges can be removed from office. Chapter II, § 58
provides: “Every officer of State, whether judicial or executive, shall be liable
to be impeached by the House of Representatives, either when in office or
after resignation or removal for mal-administration.”
The other standard for removing a judge from office specifies the length
of judicial tenure. Chapter II, § 36 states: “The justices of the Supreme Court
and the judges of all subordinate courts shall hold office during good behavior
for the terms for which they are appointed.”75 The phrase “hold office”
implies that if a judge behaved “badly”, removal from office would be
appropriate.
Link to "how to file a complaint" is HERE
Then once he was out it would be KATIE BAR THE DOOR!