[Vision2020] Our Wonderful Latah County Justice System

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Mon Dec 27 12:09:37 PST 2010 

At the age of 17, it would be considered statutary rape.

Some jurisdictions, especially Latah County, will take into consideration
the relationship between the victim and the accused if there ages are that
close, BUT in ALL cases . . .

No means NO!

We should also look at the history of the accused.

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Hunter Martin Hursh

September 19, 2009

Convicted of burglary, petit theft, and providing false information to an
officer

Finding: Guilty
Disposition date: 07/28/2010
Fines/fees: $125.50
Jail: 7 years
Det Penitentiary: 2 years
Indet Penitentiary: 5 years

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05/10/2009  I18-7001 {M} Property-Malicious Injury to Property

Finding: Guilty
Disposition date: 10/13/2009
Fines/fees: $188.00

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And then there's that inconvenient rape conviction.

And he just turned 22.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho




On Mon, December 27, 2010 11:51 am, Chuck Kovis wrote:
> So, Tom, if the "guy" was 18 and the girlfriend was 17, how long should he
> be placed in prison for rape?  Just curious.  Chuck Kovis
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>; "vision 2020"
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>; <alford at dnews.com>; <lrozen at dnews.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Our Wonderful Latah County Justice System
>
>
>> The guy has a criminal history. Sunil, and he was convicted of rape for
>> God's sake!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> Probation for rape?????????????
>>
>> Thank God he wasn't caught with marijuana.  We'd have to lock him up
>> then,
>> huh?
>>
>> JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH!!!!!
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> On Mon, December 27, 2010 10:40 am, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
>>>
>>> It seems to me that if people are going to rail and shout, they should
>>> at
>>> least make sure they report matters correctly. Hursh just came back
>>> from
>>> a
>>> retained jurisdiction, which means he was in the prison system and had
>>> to
>>> be recommended for probation based upon his performance in the prison
>>> system programming.  On the Grand Theft charge he was sentenced to two
>>> to
>>> seven years in the custody of the Idaho Department of Corrections.
>>>
>>> (Note to the Daily News: He is now on probation, not parole. They are
>>> not
>>> interchangeable terms.)
>>>
>>> Having had clients go to prison after convictions of rape or child
>>> molestation, I know it's ignorance to argue that those crimes go
>>> unpunished in Latah County. I understand that people have their
>>> agendas,
>>> but that does not excuse falsehoods.
>>>
>>> Sunil
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:45:13 -0800
>>>> From: thansen at moscow.com
>>>> To: deco at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com; alford at dnews.com;
>>>> lrozen at dnews.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Our Wonderful Latah County Justice System
>>>>
>>>> A THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE DOLLR fine!!?!?!?
>>>>
>>>> At Christmas time?
>>>>
>>>> Now, there's a couple taverns that'll just have to go without this
>>>> season,
>>>> huh?
>>>>
>>>> Any guesses who the judge was?
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to Latah County . . .
>>>>
>>>> Where RAPE and PEDOPHILIA rank supreme!
>>>>
>>>> Seeya round town. Moscow.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscosw, Idaho
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, December 27, 2010 9:12 am, Art Deco wrote:
>>>> > The following appeared in the Daily News Public Records section on
>>>> > Saturday:
>>>> >
>>>> > Sentencings
>>>> >
>>>> > Monday -- Hunter Marsh Hursh, 21, of Moscow was convicted of rape.
>>>> He
>>>> was
>>>> > fined $305 and sentenced to five years of probation and 30 days of
>>>> > discretionary jail time, and he cannot contact the victim for five
>>>> years.
>>>> >
>>>> > Missing from this report is the fact that Hursh (with an extensive
>>>> > criminal history) also received a withheld judgment for this rape.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > WTF?
>>>> >
>>>> > A $305 fine and 30 days discretionary jail time? And a withheld
>>>> judgment?
>>>> > For rape?  A felony?
>>>> >
>>>> > Hursh is no stranger to the criminal justice system.  And since the
>>>> crime
>>>> > of rape [04-28-2009], he has been convicted of other crimes for
>>>> which
>>>> he
>>>> > also received probation.  Hursh will soon, if not now, be out in our
>>>> > community, free to pursue his habitual ways.  Who will be his next
>>>> > victims?  Is this what we want to happen in our community?  Do we
>>>> not
>>>> care
>>>> > enough about each other to take some time and effort to prevent this
>>>> kind
>>>> > of public endangering infamy by the prosecutor and court?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Read Hursh's criminal history and the bumblings of the prosecutor
>>>> and
>>>> > judges here (Have a barf bag at the ready!):
>>>> > https://www.idcourts.us/repository/caseHistory.do?roaDetail=yes&schema=LATAH&county=Latah&partySeq=87230&displayName=Hursh%2C+Hunter+Martin
>>>> >
>>>> > Also you can do a search in the online Daily News [sorted by date]
>>>> for
>>>> > more information.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > What's going on in Latah County?
>>>> >
>>>> > Besides inept, public disinterested prosecution and lazy,
>>>> soft-headed
>>>> > judges, where is the intensive media attention that allows this kind
>>>> of
>>>> > outrage to escape public attention?
>>>> >
>>>> > Is the Daily News deliberately shielding the horrible ineptitude of
>>>> the
>>>> > prosecutor's office and the lack of judgment of certain judges, or
>>>> is
>>>> the
>>>> > Daily News also practitioners of lassitude and ineptitude?  How can
>>>> the
>>>> > public respond to this continued kind of ineptness and poor judgment
>>>> in
>>>> > the criminal justice system if the media does not cover and comment
>>>> upon
>>>> > it?  Without competent reporting and comment are we doomed to
>>>> continue
>>>> to
>>>> > experience these kinds of outrages ad nauseam?
>>>> >
>>>> > And without intensive media coverage where is the general deterrence
>>>> that
>>>> > is allegedly part of the goals of criminal sentencing?  How do law
>>>> > enforcement personnel feel when they spend much time and effort
>>>> working up
>>>> > a case only to find it handled in such a horrendously nonchalant
>>>> manner by
>>>> > the prosecutor and the courts?  Over the long term wouldn't this
>>>> kind
>>>> of
>>>> > event be likely to demotivate law enforcement?
>>>> >
>>>> > We need competent, public interest motivated reporting, and we need
>>>> to
>>>> > somehow motivate the prosecutor and court to serve the public
>>>> interest
>>>> or
>>>> > change the inept and lazy out, by recall if necessary.
>>>> >
>>>> > And if the local media are not willing to act responsibly, perhaps
>>>> it
>>>> is
>>>> > time to start talking to their advertising clients who bear some
>>>> > responsibility for supporting this fifth-rate media arrogance and
>>>> careless
>>>> > ineptitude about serious crimes taking place and adversely effecting
>>>> > member of our community.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Wayne A. Fox
>>>> > 1009 Karen Lane
>>>> > PO Box 9421
>>>> > Moscow, ID  83843
>>>> >
>>>> > waf at moscow.com
>>>> > 208 882-7975
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