[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 ********* 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. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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