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From: Subject: The Seattle Times: Justice for Scott Kinkele Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:58:43 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0239_01C63868.1CE1C470" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.1830 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0239_01C63868.1CE1C470 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://kinkele.com/MediaHTMLs/Seattle%20Times/The%20Seattle%20Times%20Justice%20for%20Scott%20Kinkele%20-%209-1-00.htm The Seattle Times: Justice = for Scott Kinkele "> 3D"The

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Editorials &=20 = Opinion

Friday, September = 1, 2000,=20 12:00 a.m. Pacific
Guest=20 columnists
Justice for Scott = Kinkele=20

by John and Bret Kinkele
Special to The Times

A month ago this week, our family and your community were both = rocked=20 by the news that our brother, son and friend, Navy Lt. Scott = Kinkele, was=20 murdered as he was driving home just outside of Anacortes. We were = shocked=20 and saddened that such a fine young man was gone.=20

Scott had a voracious appetite for life. Doing more in his 23 = years=20 than most of us have done in a lifetime, Scott lived like he would = die=20 tomorrow. He climbed mountains, ran marathons, hiked trails, and = flew=20 airplanes. More importantly, he always made sure that those with = him had=20 as much fun as he was having.=20

Now he is gone. The man who has been arrested for his murder, = Eben=20 Berriault, has been convicted of killing another man before, using = a rock.=20 Berriault was released from prison early on that charge and has = now killed=20 again. The information indicates that the killer took Scott's life = solely=20 for the thrill.=20

Scott did not die in combat, nor while training for combat, nor = even by=20 accident while climbing the mountains that he loved. He died to = provide=20 entertainment for three Anacortes men who were bored. A young man = of=20 courage who was willing to stare death in the face and die for = each of us,=20 Scott was murdered by cowards who, lurking after dark, shot him = from=20 behind. It is a tragic irony that men who killed for the thrill = took away=20 a man whose thrill was living.=20

Because Scott was murdered from a vehicle, your law allows the=20 prosecutor to file aggravated murder charges, the maximum = punishment for=20 which is death, and the minimum for which is life in prison = without the=20 possibility of parole. Incredibly, it appears that the Skagit = County=20 prosecutor may decline to file aggravated murder charges. As a = result, the=20 maximum punishment Scott's killer will receive is 58 years, but he = will be=20 eligible for release years sooner. In short, if the prosecutor = refuses to=20 file aggravated murder charges, Scott's killer may someday, in the = early=20 morning hours, drive Highway 20 again.=20

The prosecutor will formally make his decision Sept. 7. We = realize that=20 the prosecutor must consider many factors in making his decision. = Higher=20 charges mean higher legal standards, more time, more effort and = more of=20 your tax dollars. However, there are causes that are worth the = extra=20 resources. Your many letters to our family indicate that you = believe that=20 ensuring that Scott's killer never walks your streets again is one = such=20 cause. Unfortunately, it does not appear that the man making this = decision=20 agrees.=20

As a result, my mother has traveled to your community to do = what she=20 can to ensure not only that her son's killer receives justice, but = that=20 your mothers never have to endure what she is enduring at the = hands of=20 this man.=20

Will you help her? Will you make a phone call, write a letter = or send=20 an e-mail? Your words have meant so much to us; they will = certainly make a=20 difference to your elected officials.=20

Thank you for your many letters and e-mails of condolences. = Thank you=20 to the Navy community, to the craftsman who built Scott's cross, = and to=20 the property owner where it stands. Your outpouring of support has = sustained us.=20

Scott now rests in Arlington National Cemetery. His service to = our=20 country has ended and nothing will bring him back. However, = together, we=20 can ensure that nothing will ever bring his killer back to our = streets=20 again. Please join us now in helping to accomplish that.=20

John and Bret Kinkele are Scott Kinkele's brothers.=20

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by John and Bret Kinkele Special to The Times

by John and Bret Kinkele
Special to The Times