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| No jail for 13 people charged in inmate sex crimes |
| By azcentral.com- Craig Harris |
| Published: 02/02/2016 |
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Thirteen people who supervised state prisoners have been charged during the past four-and-a-half years with felonies for having sex or sexual contact with an inmate or parolee. Prosecutors in every case agreed to plea deals that reduced those charges, allowing probation and no prison time for the defendants, court records reviewed by The Arizona Republic show. Most of the defendants were state correctional officers. Those records show that all the employees were charged in Maricopa or Pinal counties, where prosecutorial agencies have tough-on-crime reputations. Prosecutors in all 13 cases dropped one or more of the serious felony charges — which in nearly all cases could have resulted in more than two years of prison per charge — in exchange for a guilty plea to either a misdemeanor or the lowest-level felony (class 6). Read More. |
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