Friday, October 30, 2009

A look at Springfield media coverage of Pete Newman hearing

The Springfield news media offered the following coverage of former Kanakuk Kamp director Pete Newman's hearing on felony sex charges Thursday:

KSFX- Video

KTTS

KY3

Springfield News-Leader

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My question is, what type of sentence is he likely to recieve if convicted of all the charges he has against him? And is he out of jail today?

Kathee Baird said...

I will say probably seven years on each charge to be served concurrently (at the same.)

Newman was released on bond last night about 6:15 p.m.

Anonymous said...

kathee, i hope you are wrong about that. i was actually told--not saying this is accurate-- that missouri is tough on child molesters. would someone in the legal field, please give some insight. thanks.