Felony Justice
Will former prime administrative decide be third Oregon legal professional to obtain probation in a toddler porn case?
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A Could 11 sentencing date has been set for Oregon’s former prime administrative regulation decide after his responsible plea to encouraging baby sexual abuse in a child pornography case.
The previous decide, John Michael Mann, agreed to the responsible plea in a March 3 plea change petition, in response to a put up by blogger Stephanie Volin on Medium. An internet data search reveals Mann pleaded responsible to 10 counts of encouraging baby sexual abuse in Washington County, Oregon.
“I unlawfully and knowingly possessed visible recordings of sexually specific conduct involving youngsters with intent to show these recordings,” Mann stated within the plea change petition. He acknowledged “being conscious of and consciously disregarding the truth that creation of these recordings concerned baby abuse.”
Mann was arrested in March 2022. He went on unpaid go away from his place as chief administrative regulation decide, the place he dealt with instances principally involving unemployment claims and baby assist. Mann was positioned on interim suspension from the bar on March 31.
Mann’s court-appointed lawyer within the prison case, Lawrence L. Taylor, advised the ABA Journal he’ll search an “optionally available probation sentence” primarily based on the punishment given in comparable instances.
“Twice within the current previous,” Taylor stated, “Oregon licensed attorneys have been charged with an equivalent quantity and sort of costs. … In each of these instances, primarily based upon a presentence investigation report and advice, the courtroom imposed what we consult with as an optionally available probation sentence—the place the sentencing pointers name for a time period of imprisonment however the courtroom primarily based on sure standards … determines {that a} probationary sentence is extra prone to shield the pursuits of the general public and reform the convicted particular person.”
The decide within the two previous instances was Andrew Erwin, in response to another Medium post by Volin. Erwin can be the decide in Mann’s case.
