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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Kindness of a stranger: Man gave young dad he met in courtroom $983 so he could avoid becoming a felon after overhearing he could not afford to pay the fine

What a great man! A generous attorney who overheard how a defendant could not afford restitution in his theft case has given the young father $983 so he avoids becoming a felon.

A generous attorney who overheard how a defendant could not afford restitution in his theft case has given the young father $983 so he avoids becoming a felon.

Colin M. Murphy was sitting in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon last Thursday as he waited for his case, when he heard lawyers and the judge discussing Castor Conley’s predicament.

Conley, a 27-year-old married father of a 17-month-old girl, paid $150 to $200 for a stolen Nissan truck last year and then sold it for $275 to another buyer, who in turn sold its parts, authorities said.
The defendant, who had one other conviction for a fourth-degree assault in 2011, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, but the deputy district attorney agreed for it to be classified as a misdemeanor if he paid $983 to the owner of the truck, The Oregonian reported.

The vehicle’s owner, Shawn Stratton, also lost camping equipment that was inside the car, as well as hundreds of dollars to cover his insurance deductible.

But Conley said he was unable to pay the money.

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9 comments:

  1. He just enabled him to do some stupid crime in the future.

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  2. With previous convictions...and buying a (most likely known) stolen vehicle, he deserved what he was gonna get. The lawyer guaranteed a future client for himself or another lawyer.....

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  3. I don't know who was more stupid the felon or the attorney who bailed him out to steal again. He will never learn consequences if people bail him out. Oh well....you will see him again.

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  4. This is a wonderful story of mercy and grace. Hopefully God will help him to see the error of his ways through this kind man. I realize he had a history, but he's a young man with a child and now has the possibility of making this right.

    Cast the first stone. NO ONE is perfect; hence the need for Jesus.

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  5. Why can't you bozos see the bright side for once?

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  6. AMEN to both 6:41's!!!!!

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  7. Yes, it's a Santa Claus story - we get it.
    But as we leave the 2014 holidays behind us, the song remains the same:
    Don't Do the Crime and You Won't Do the Time.

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  8. Anonymous said...
    This is a wonderful story of mercy and grace. Hopefully God will help him to see the error of his ways through this kind man. I realize he had a history, but he's a young man with a child and now has the possibility of making this right.

    Cast the first stone. NO ONE is perfect; hence the need for Jesus.

    December 30, 2014 at 6:41 PM

    You are an idiot and something tells me you have a criminal record and now you are a born again Christian. What ever the heck that means.

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  9. If this was the clowns first offense I would have felt warmth with this story, but I don't because he is a criminal?

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