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On Sunday, May 27th, 2007, Casey Tyler Adams, 26, was camping at a local beach resort (Lawson’s Landing) with some friends.

At around 1 am, Casey Adams and several of the people he was camping with walked down to the privately owned beach (Dillon Beach in Marin Co, CA). While there they were approached by three other young men who started an argument with them. This argument was very brief and began when one of the men in the second group shined a flashlight into Casey’s eyes. He told them to stop, the group left and then re approached Casey a short while later and he was punched in the face several times and hit on the head with the flashlight from behind. The injuries he suffered from the blows caused an artery at the base of his brain to tear, killing him almost instantly. The Marin County DA has informed the public that if he had not died so quickly the defendants would be looking at second degree murder.

Robert Marcus, 20, of Elk Grove, Robert Martell (a marine reservist), 24, of Antioch, and Daren Bell, 24, of Sacramento, were arrested and confessed to having hit Casey under audio and videotape, all stating they were not hit back by Casey. Originally, Robert Martell and Robert Marcus were charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery with serious bodily injury. Darren Bell was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. At the preliminary hearing the judge said that he was “appalled” at the behavior of these men, and that they basically surrounded and attacked Casey with little provocation other then words Casey may have said. He also said that he saw no grounds for either self defense or justifiable homicide and that not only would he not dismiss or reduce any of the charges, but that the Marin County District Attorney could add involuntary manslaughter and battery with serious bodily injury to Bell’s charges.

Subsequent to this preliminary hearing, the Marin County DA’s office offered to drop all other charges if the defendants would plead guilty to assault with force likely, a felony non-strike-able offense according to CA three strikes law. It seems likely that these three guys will probably get off with nothing more than probation for the murder of Casey, downgrading the charge to a misdemeanor that may have the potential to later be expunged from their records.

I feel that this is absolutely ridiculous!  They should be charged with involuntary manslaughter at the very least.  This guy was attacked with deadly force by three individuals.  He was hit in the head repeatedly with a maglight which is a deadly weapon.  If they get this reduced to a misdemeanor and only receive probation that could be expunged from their records than they were able to get away with murder.

If the Sonoma County Court can charge James Eichman, Jerry Eichman, and Douglas James Thompson with involuntary manslaughter for leaving a broked down car on the side of the road that posed an “unideal condition” that was apparently the spark that caused the “gasoline soaked”, Matthew Spencer (who was intoxicated and going over twice the posted speed limit) to lose control of his Jeep and kill himself and his family than they most certainly can charge these three individuals with involuntary manslaughter for jumping an innocent man and beating him to death with a flashlight and their fists.

This is so ridiculous!  How can we feel safe in the world when a judge or DA’s office makes such a ridiculous call. 

Too bad that Casey Adams wasn’t killed in Sonoma County.  I feel that Stephan Passalacqua’s office (Sonoma County DA) would do a much better job of holding these three guys responsible for what they did than Edward S. Berberian, Jr., the Marin County DA.  His motto is Keep Marin Safe thru Protection, Prosecution, & Prevention.  He is clearly not doing a good of upholding safety, protection, or prosecution.

Some people believe that he is letting them off easy because one of the perps, Robert Martell, is a marine reservist.  This could be the case.  In a separate incident in Sonoma County, James Eichman, Jerry Eichman, and Douglas James Thompson were held responsible for the death of Matthew Spencer and his family and faced really severe charges largely due to the fact that his wife, Lauren Martinez’s, family was rich and influencial in the area.
 
Two separate ex-DA investigators who have confirmed that the most appropriate charge should be voluntary manslaughter, and for some reason minor assault charges are what is offered.

How safe can we feel in the world if people who attack and kill others are encouraged and offered to plea bargins and receive completely inadequate charge? Shouldn’t we expect that people in a public place should be safe from the threat of attack? Is this not a Constitutional right? And if we are attacked isn’t it reasonable to assume that the District Attorneys office will prosecute the case appropriately?

We would like to see the DA drop this offer, and that the perpetrators be charged with the voluntary manslaughter they deserve. We are hoping that the defendants are made to serve some prison time, if for no other reason than that they will be forced to take some time to consider the magnitude of the consequences of their choices.

LET JUSTICE PREVAIL, PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION BELOW:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/dont-let-the-guys-who-killed-casey-plea-to-assault

Thanks!