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Minnesota sentencing weak... but transparent |
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 19:00 |
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Prosecutors in Washington County, Minnesota might have offered a shameful sentence to a child pornography trafficker this month, but they can boast about one thing: transparency.
When 64-year old Alan Wirth Atwood of Stillwater, Minnesota got
probation for child pornography crimes, PROTECT began looking into what
kind of sentences other criminals there were getting. What we found was
one of the most open and publicly accessible websites we've seen
showing the dispositions of criminal cases handled by the prosecutors
office. If you're interested in how to shine the sunlight of
accountability on the justice system, it's worth taking a few minutes
to see how one county is giving the public access to information that could be used to protect children. (Link)
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