04-06-2017, 09:01 AM
The scumbag is set to be released, hopefully the universe will give him what he deserves.
Walraven release upheld
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TIMOTHY BULLARD/Daily Courier
Friends and family members of Trevor Walraven, including his mother, Karen Cain, second from right in stripped blouse, watch as he is led from the courtroom after having a successful ruling from Judge Rodger Isaacson. Walraven is to be released from the ruling in the murder of Bill Hull in July, 1998.
By Shaun Hall of the Daily Courier
Trevor Walraven's second second-look hearing ended the same as the first — with a judge ordering him to be released from prison.
Walraven, who was 14 when he shot and killed Black Bar Lodge owner Bill Hull in 1998 and then took his vehicle on a double-date, should soon be released, Senior Judge Rodger Isaacson ruled on Tuesday at the Josephine County Courthouse.
Walraven, now 33, has served less than 18 years of what was supposed to be a 30-year minimum prison term in the killing of Hull. Walraven and his older brother, Josh Cain, were convicted of murder in the case. Cain remains imprisoned, serving a 25-year minimum sentence.
Isaacson, a senior judge from Klamath County, agreed Walraven was rehabilitated and not a threat to society.
As before, the issue was Walraven's youth at the time of the killing — and how the mind of someone so young was still developing. Also at issue was the interpretation of an Oregon law that allows certain offenders who were juveniles at the time of their crime to go free after serving half of their prison sentence.
The Oregon Department of Justice is expected to appeal Isaacson's ruling, although defense attorney Andy Simrin said he expects Walraven to go free in the meantime. Simrin also said he expects it will take 45 days for the Oregon Department of Corrections to act on Isaacson's ruling to draw up a plan for Walraven's release.
All this has pretty much happened before. In 2014, Jackson County Judge Timothy Gerking ordered Walraven released, after a parade of witnesses, including prison officers, testified to Walraven's good character.
The state appealed that ruling, too, although Walraven eventually was released, in February 2016.
However, even though finally free from prison last year, Walraven and his defense team appealed his original conviction anyway and won, getting some counts reversed.
This brought the whole case back to court, which meant Walraven was arrested again in January to be retried.
Two weeks ago, he pleaded guilty, however, leading to Tuesday's second second-look proceedings, which relied on testimony from the previous second-look hearing.
District Attorney Ryan Mulkins, in addition to arguing that Walraven had no right to the hearing, contended Walraven wasn't rehabilitated.
Mulkins pointed out that Walraven didn't finally admit his guilt until it looked like he might be eligible for early release.
"He did it because he wants to get out," Mulkins said.
Mulkins expects the state to argue on appeal that Walraven had no right to the hearing.
Hull's family was in the courtroom gallery, but the only testimony of the day came from a Marion County parole officer who supervised Walraven after his release from prison early last year.
The officer, Jordan Juster, testified that Walraven has been a model client, but Juster stopped short of saying Walraven represented no risk to society.
Last year, Walraven lived with his mother and worked in Salem for a temp employment agency, helping to place workers, including ex-convicts, into jobs.
The case has been handled by outside judges because of conflicts on the local bench. Judge Thomas Hull is Bill Hull's younger brother, and two other Josephine County judges, Michael Newman and Pat Wolke, served as prosecutor and defense attorney in Walraven's trial in 1999.
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Reach reporter Shaun Hall at 541-474-3722 or shall@thedailycourier.com
Walraven release upheld
TIMOTHY BULLARD/Daily Courier
Friends and family members of Trevor Walraven, including his mother, Karen Cain, second from right in stripped blouse, watch as he is led from the courtroom after having a successful ruling from Judge Rodger Isaacson. Walraven is to be released from the ruling in the murder of Bill Hull in July, 1998.
By Shaun Hall of the Daily Courier
Trevor Walraven's second second-look hearing ended the same as the first — with a judge ordering him to be released from prison.
Walraven, who was 14 when he shot and killed Black Bar Lodge owner Bill Hull in 1998 and then took his vehicle on a double-date, should soon be released, Senior Judge Rodger Isaacson ruled on Tuesday at the Josephine County Courthouse.
Walraven, now 33, has served less than 18 years of what was supposed to be a 30-year minimum prison term in the killing of Hull. Walraven and his older brother, Josh Cain, were convicted of murder in the case. Cain remains imprisoned, serving a 25-year minimum sentence.
Isaacson, a senior judge from Klamath County, agreed Walraven was rehabilitated and not a threat to society.
As before, the issue was Walraven's youth at the time of the killing — and how the mind of someone so young was still developing. Also at issue was the interpretation of an Oregon law that allows certain offenders who were juveniles at the time of their crime to go free after serving half of their prison sentence.
The Oregon Department of Justice is expected to appeal Isaacson's ruling, although defense attorney Andy Simrin said he expects Walraven to go free in the meantime. Simrin also said he expects it will take 45 days for the Oregon Department of Corrections to act on Isaacson's ruling to draw up a plan for Walraven's release.
All this has pretty much happened before. In 2014, Jackson County Judge Timothy Gerking ordered Walraven released, after a parade of witnesses, including prison officers, testified to Walraven's good character.
The state appealed that ruling, too, although Walraven eventually was released, in February 2016.
However, even though finally free from prison last year, Walraven and his defense team appealed his original conviction anyway and won, getting some counts reversed.
This brought the whole case back to court, which meant Walraven was arrested again in January to be retried.
Two weeks ago, he pleaded guilty, however, leading to Tuesday's second second-look proceedings, which relied on testimony from the previous second-look hearing.
District Attorney Ryan Mulkins, in addition to arguing that Walraven had no right to the hearing, contended Walraven wasn't rehabilitated.
Mulkins pointed out that Walraven didn't finally admit his guilt until it looked like he might be eligible for early release.
"He did it because he wants to get out," Mulkins said.
Mulkins expects the state to argue on appeal that Walraven had no right to the hearing.
Hull's family was in the courtroom gallery, but the only testimony of the day came from a Marion County parole officer who supervised Walraven after his release from prison early last year.
The officer, Jordan Juster, testified that Walraven has been a model client, but Juster stopped short of saying Walraven represented no risk to society.
Last year, Walraven lived with his mother and worked in Salem for a temp employment agency, helping to place workers, including ex-convicts, into jobs.
The case has been handled by outside judges because of conflicts on the local bench. Judge Thomas Hull is Bill Hull's younger brother, and two other Josephine County judges, Michael Newman and Pat Wolke, served as prosecutor and defense attorney in Walraven's trial in 1999.
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Reach reporter Shaun Hall at 541-474-3722 or shall@thedailycourier.com
