Comments on: Shoplifting in Spokane County: the Crime and Punishment

By: Stoli

Stoli — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:30:44 +0000

I just found this post and this is a riot! And it was written before you even announced you were a candidate. Its a funny blog post because you would think that it would be every prosecutor candidate’s dream to have posts written about how tough they were! Accusing Grahm of lying is pretty silly David Stevens. I think you are too thin-skinned to serve as an elected official in my opinion.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:20:57 +0000

You don’t care about his criminal history, but the SRA seems to think past felonies are relevant. Stores that trespass customers that continually steal from them seem to think it’s a burglary too. You don’t respond to why you lied about how much time he’ll do and mischaracterized whether the maximum sentence allowed by law was sought. Seems to me that you not only think that bloggers don’t have to fair, but also believe that they don’t have to be truthful or get the facts right.

By: Steve Graham

Steve Graham — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:51:56 +0000

No one would look at this as a burglary other than a prosecutor. Technically it might be, that doesn’t justify wasting a jail bed for something so trivial. I stand by everything i wrote. I don’t care if he had ten murder convictions in his history – the time to punish him for those crimes came and went. Also, i do provide a link to the news article in my post. I don’t write balanced pieces, or any kind of pieces. I am not a journalist – i am a blogger.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:54:38 +0000

As you note, he was charged with Burglary in the Second Degree. Because he was looking at Theft 2 with a range of 22 to 29, you know he has at least 9 prior felonies. You don’t note that Burg 2 with nine priors has a standard range of 51 to 68 months. You note that he received 29 months and that he’ll get half off but go on to say he’ll do 2 1/2 years. You know that he’ll do about a year. Why are you lying about how much time he’ll do? The original story mentions his multistate criminal history as incredible and over 30 years of felonies and misdemeanors. The origianl story mentions an escape he was involved in led to a law enforcement officer’s death. You question whether a prosecutor should go for the maximum punishment allowed by law, but of course that’s exactly what DIDN’T HAPPEN in this case. Balancing everything, 29 months for a career criminal looking at up to 68 months isn’t bad. The reporter who wrote the original story gave relevant information and wrote a balanced piece. You didn’t.

By: D-Man

D-Man — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:46:09 +0000

I think Judge Moreno got it right, this moron knew better than to steal a can of sardines, and that “priest” should be defrocked for suggesting such tomfoolery. Rite Aid does not have to put up with theft any more than I do, and as to you Graham, you are right that sentences may have increased somewhat (as you note in your 11/24 article) but if you knew your history, you would know that even shoplifting was a capital offense up until the Victorian times. Soooooooo, Maryann Moreno got this case right, and I myself cannot think of any better way for my tax dollars being spent then incarcerating the likes of David Warriner.