frank theriault wrote:
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Keith Whaley <[email protected]> wrote:
And, I'd guess we don't _really_ know whether Bob was railroaded by a P.O.S.
judge or not, do we?
Does anyone here feel it's morally justifiable to support a 35 year sentence
for what seems to amount to negligent manslaughter?
Just curious, from whence comes the vituperousness I read here...
Have any nay-sayers actually READ the web site? Hmmmm.
I don't know to whom you're referring when you talk of vituperousness.
I just said he was convicted of murder (and I was wrong, it was
negligent homicide). I made no judgment as to whether he was wrongly
convicted or not.
By calling it murder, you did indeed make a judgment call. The very word
'murder' implies intent. Yes, I'm being pedantic, but as my friend Yodar (Joe
Strain) says, "Words Mean Things."
Just as I make a judgment call when I say the judge in the case was totally
wrong and out of line to sentence Bob to *35* years in the pokey for an
accidental homicide! Women (or men) who have admittedly carved up their
spouses or 'friends' out of rage, get far less time than Bob did! Gimme a break!
That judge's ruling was not just excessive, it was an ignorant and obviously
vindictive call.
And yes, I did read the site.
One thing that I found (again, with no judgment) is that there appears
a very cold, detached lack of emotion towards the deceased. I know,
it's just text, and put together by his friends at that. But even
before he was convicted, it really didn't come across that he was very
broken up about all this, or that he had any sympathy or was in any
way upset about how the young lady met her ultimate demise.
I view it as an older man, overweight, turned on by the attentions of a young
lady 1/3 his age as someone pointed out, took a chance and liked it. A very
old, familiar story, is it not.
Apparently he never SAID he loved her, never offered her anything other than
his attentions at the time. Temporarily smitten. Ad hoc stuff. Common, no...
Upset, sure he was. He knew he was negligent. But, he had perpetrated no
direct crime; he was merely absent when she OD'd. Yes, he could possibly
helped, even if he merely called the paramedics, but he was away from the
scene, and iin the end did not.
He faces 35 years of incarceration because he was out of the room, so to
speak... Really! The magnitude of his sentence is a pure travesty.
I don't read the scenario as him purposefully being absent...he just happened
to be.
I can image it in my mind... how it happened, how he felt.
Again, let me emphasize, in "real life" Bob may have been devastated;
it just doesn't come across on my computer screen in any way.
As someone else said, it's been YEARs since his foray into cheating on his
wife happened. He has had tons of time to think on it, a lot of that trying to
explain to LEOs and others with and without a good reason to know how and why.
Call it callous if you choose. Perhaps that description fits, but every time
he talks about it, words and phrases he has used many thousands of times, in
explanation necessarily arise.
How can any 2000th repetition be even remotely fresh, spontaneous and honest
sounding?
I have no way of knowing if he did it or not. Only Bob and the person
(whether him or another) who administered the noxious substance know.
However if the jury sensed the callousness that I do, it may be that
he was convicted for that more than any evidence placed before them.
That's surely reasonable, isn't it. just like that judge exercising his mighty
legal power to express his distaste for Bob as a person. Does anyone doubt the
judge was doing exactly that, when he said, "BANG. 35 years in the slammer!"
Bob may be guilty in a way similar to Camus' Meursault, who was
convicted because he didn't cry at his mother's funeral...
cheers,
frank
If I may... rant as I might, I remain impressed at the level of civility
expressed by those in this list who have commented on this subject.
I have followed Bob's travails for some time now, especially on the Rollei list.
I've talked to Bob personally, followed his exploits in camera newsrags, a few
lists, and got a bit of a feeling of the man. I even bought one of his old and
beloved cameras from him. I can see Bob being bored with all the talk about
'blame', when he feels he _personally and actively_ did nothing to cause this
young lady's demise.
Perspective, gentlemen...
keith whaley
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