Comments on: Accountability in the Offing? http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/10/accountability-in-the-offing/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael Pack http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/10/accountability-in-the-offing/#comment-85665 Michael Pack Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:33:19 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/10/accountability-in-the-offing/#comment-85665 There's a case here in Marietta Ohio.A sheriff's deputy is accused of domestic abuse and later hitting a person on duty.He is being offered resignation and no other punishment.Typical. There’s a case here in Marietta Ohio.A sheriff’s deputy is accused of domestic abuse and later hitting a person on duty.He is being offered resignation and no other punishment.Typical.

]]> By: parse http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/10/accountability-in-the-offing/#comment-85663 parse Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:25:40 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/10/accountability-in-the-offing/#comment-85663 <i>Discipline can range from a reprimand to suspension without pay to removal from office. . . Henry Karlson, a professor of criminal law at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, said a reprimand or suspension seemed a more likely option in the Hawkins and Broyles cases.</i> So the maximum penalty is removal from office, and the actual penalty is likely signficantly less severe in a case that resulted in two years additional imprisonment for an innocent man? Certainly it's better than nothing, but as a demonstration of "accountability," it's not very satisfying. Discipline can range from a reprimand to suspension without pay to removal from office. . .

Henry Karlson, a professor of criminal law at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, said a reprimand or suspension seemed a more likely option in the Hawkins and Broyles cases.

So the maximum penalty is removal from office, and the actual penalty is likely signficantly less severe in a case that resulted in two years additional imprisonment for an innocent man?

Certainly it’s better than nothing, but as a demonstration of “accountability,” it’s not very satisfying.

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