FC: Ohio man's "obscene" sex journal is now public

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Now how long will it take some enterprising person to go to the 
courthouse, pay the clerk to photocopy the journal, scan it in, and post it 
on the web? Of course, it might be a good idea not to do that from within 
Ohio's borders... --DBM]

Background:

"Judge says Ohio man with dirty diary can't change guilty plea"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02468.html


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http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/news/news01/sep01/855902.html

Graphic sex journal made public as plea battle continues

Saturday, September 22, 2001
Tim Doulin
Columbus Dispatch Staff Reporter

A journal that Brian Dalton had hoped to keep private when he pleaded guilty
to a pandering obscenity charge is now a public document.

Dalton's 14-page journal, written in the first person and graphically
depicting the torture and molestation of young children, was filed yesterday
in Franklin County Common Pleas Court by prosecutors opposed to letting him
withdraw that guilty plea.

[...]

Miller has scheduled an Oct. 3 hearing to consider arguments.

[...]




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