A young man named Dynamite Salavea was convicted of raping a 5-year-old boy and a 6-year-old boy when he was himself a teenager . By the time he was caught and charged, he was old enough to be sentenced as an adult, and he was put away for 79 years. At the time Salavea committed the crimes, however, he was still young enough to be treated as a juvenile. His lawyer is trying to get him released now that he is 21.
Salavea's case is before the Washington Supreme Court. Yes, even someone who has been convicted of repeatedly raping little boys needs to be represented by counsel. But is it so important that he be released from prison at the earliest opportunity that someone should perform pro bono work on his behalf?
George Yeannakis, a Seattle University Law School professor who helped write a "friendly brief" on behalf of Salavea, said, "How low (in age) would you go [to sentence a juvenile as an adult]? It would become ludicrous at some point."When it becomes ludicrous, George, someone should give you a call. In the meantime, I hope I'm not the only one who thinks that it is not ludicrous to prevent Dynamite Salavea from hanging around at playgrounds. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 24, 2003 10:38 PM
The line between advocating for fair representation and guilty beyond a reasonable doubt has changed with society's changing values.
When jurors find someone who committed, allegedly a violent crime, not guilty because of a technicality or just because the prosecution didn't prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and their reaction is a smiling glee that the prosecution didn't achieve this standard its different from a juror who is unsure of what occured whether it was good or not for society but performed his duty as defined by the law.......
But what we see nowadays as in the Durst trial, of course the OJ trial, rape trials etc..., is the antipathy for justice and the glee people have at seeing even molesters get off, and that would have to be the final straw, as molesters are reviled even in prison.
Now we have the ACLU which defends NAMBLA vigorously, not just to carefully keep the bounds of decency from impeding over the line, but they vigorously take it up to drive the line back miles, so that predators can openly feel comfortable with their predatory tendencies in public. And here we see a professor, likely I would imagine at a 'liberal' (radically liberal?) university take up the lost cause not for someone who is potentially innocent in jail, or someone wrongfully accused? no no no no...... he wants to help out a multiple child molester offender get out of jail on a technicality as soon as possible and wants to take it to the highest court possible to do so!! ASAP....
Now I don't know the specifics of the case, and the guy may have had some abuse in his own life which led him to that place? however, the question is will this lawyer so intently eager to free him on a technicality allow him to move in with him and his kids in his town? and perhaps assist the man in obtaining counseling and help while hanging out in his house?
Mike
Posted by: Mike on November 24, 2003 11:24 PMI recall some journalists making similar arguments about Michael Skakel. I say, if you want the legal benefits of committing a heinous crime as a juvenile, you'd better turn yourself in while you're still a juvenile.
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