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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:
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.
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?
ReplyDeleteI will say probably seven years on each charge to be served concurrently (at the same.)
ReplyDeleteNewman was released on bond last night about 6:15 p.m.
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.
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