The Bad Samaritan
 

I recently had the opportunity to view a very old (late '90s or early 2000) 60 minutes piece called the Bad Samaritan.

The story is about a young man named David Cash. Back in 1997, a young 7-year old girl was at a casino in Las Vegas with her father. Little Sherrice Iverson wandered off and went into a bathroom where she was followed by 18-year-Jeremy Strohmeyer then David Cash. Then events that led to the death of Sherrice Iverson are still in dispute. David Cash has since stated that Jeremy and Sherrice were playing around then Jeremy snatch little Sherrice into a stall and put his hand on her mouth. David said he stood on the stall and tapped Jeremy on the head to get his attention. David said that Jeremy was in a daze and so he left Jeremy in the stall with his hand over little Sherrice's mouth. Jeremy and David later met up and went to other casinos. Jeremy late confessed to David that he'd killed the girl. David never called the police.

Sherrice Iverson was found strangled to death as well as sexually assaulted. Jeremy pled guilty to avoid lethal injection and he got life in prison. He has since appealed his decision. David wasnt charged with a crime because at that time, it wasnt illegal to not report a crime or try to prevent a crime. He has been dubbed the Bad Samarian. The publicity of this case has prompted many states to enact Good Samaritan laws.

David Cash.....is a very interesting piece of this story. David has had many interviews and has said some interesting things. Once i figure out how to upload this video, I will add a link. David Cash attended UCLA @ Berkley. There was a huge campus uproar for about a year and the students protested David being able to attend their school because of his moral character.Link
He didnt get kicked out (to the best that I could find). But the student body had protests, rallies to get him to leave.

Many lawmakers oppose Good Samaritan Laws because they believe that it is an attempt to legislate morality. Does your city/state have Bad Samaritan Laws? How do you feel about such laws?

I went to a HBC a million years ago. The was a girl there who stripped at a local club. The administration kicked her out of school because she violated some type of moral rule the school had. She appealed the decision and got back in, but the school had the authority to get rid of students who bring negative attention to it. Does your school have rules dealing with moral character? Has your school exercised its authority with regards to moral character? Please dont make this a racial thread.

Sorry so longlink

Many HBCUs have rules that in some way legislate moral character. For example, our dorms had "visiting hours" - a time when guest of the opposite sex were allowed to come to your room. All guest of the opposite sex had to leave at midnight and were most certainly NOT allowed to stay overnight. We even had surprise room checks to catch people breaking the rules. So no, I'm not surprised to hear about a school actually enforcing a "moral code".

In the case of David Cash though.....Good Samaritan laws are not really effective and shouldn't be on the books IMO. I mean really, how would a city enforece these types of laws in the 'hood (for lack of a better term) where people see bad/illegal things go down all the time, but will not speak or report them to the police (for fear of retribution of course). Will these laws apply there? Will they arrest entire city neighborhoods now?

Getting involved in a situation (especially a potentially dangerous one) can be personal decision. Now granted, if i was David, I would have turned Jeremy's crazy tail in so fast...... But I do know that not every situation is that cut and dry.

But in general, no, I don't think there should be Good Samaritan laws.

Once i get this video uploaded you will be able to see the 13 min 60 minutes piece.

David was the reason why the law was enacted. He was concerned with only his interests. He has said many times (paraphase) that he didnt know the victim but he did know Jeremy. If he knew that he could have been indicted as well, I think his actions would have been different.

OPEN QUESTION:HOW CAN I UPLOAD A 24 mb VIDEO?

I agree. It would be very difficult to draw the line on how much a person is required to intervene and under what circumstances. Also, it may be difficult to enforce b/c assuming that the person doesn't act or report the crime that they've witnessed, then you may not even know that they were there.