The Septuagenarian Speaks – originally published August 19, 2020, Siskiyou Daily News
Before retiring in 2008, I worked in Siskiyou County’s legal community for thirty-six years, the first sixteen as a lawyer, and the last twenty as a judge. Our county’s history is chock-a-block full of remarkable law-related stories. When I first began writing this column four years ago, sharing some of those stories was one of my objectives, and still is. The problem is, I keep getting distracted. Every damn morning, I wake up hearing something in the news that sets me off, thinking it’s so crazy I’ve got to write about it. Either the country is going off-course and headed for total destruction, or maybe it’s just my perception of it, fueled by the COVID-19 virus that’s infecting all our brains.
This morning, I will take a deep breath, ignore the world spinning out of control, and tell you a true story from Siskiyou County’s recent legal history. This one is not a happy story, but then, most cases that make their way to the criminal court aren’t. It’s bizarre and evil, and involves a very strange and bad dude.
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Thank You Judge. Always one if my Fav’s.
I watched the documentary and was somewhat shocked to see this happened in our County. I think he was in Mt. Shasta also.
Thank you for the history. Look forward to more
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