Thursday, July 20, 2006
Justice in Denver
Two little noticed cases entered final chapters recently with guilty pleas. The first is a wimpy deal from the Denver District Attorney's office (where I worked in the 80s). Lt. Col. Alexis Fecteau (soon to retire) pled guilty to a single count of felony mischief naming all 13 of the victims whose cars he vandalized because they had pro-Bush stickers on them. That's good. He got a two year deferred sentence. That's bad. He refrains from vandalizing more Republican owned cars for two years and the charges are dismissed. The real punishment may be from the Air Force which will decide what pay grade Feckless gets for his retirement. We can hope, I guess.
The second is more robust. Joseph Yacteen, 27, who shot Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohen in the head after a gig at the Botanic Gardens, pled guilty to attempted first degree murder (the proper charge) and faces up to 48 years when he is sentenced on October 2. There was very little coverage of this, as Denver does not want to be known as a town where you can get shot in the head during a car jacking. Cohn was hospitalized but recovered quickly.
The second is more robust. Joseph Yacteen, 27, who shot Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohen in the head after a gig at the Botanic Gardens, pled guilty to attempted first degree murder (the proper charge) and faces up to 48 years when he is sentenced on October 2. There was very little coverage of this, as Denver does not want to be known as a town where you can get shot in the head during a car jacking. Cohn was hospitalized but recovered quickly.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:19 AM 
