Any legal eagles out there? Sometimes these cases can be accessed in their entirity online by the public. In AZ you can, last I knew, if it was after a certain date when they began keeping digital records.
In lieu of that, any DCers who might walk into wherever they keep these files and look or do a FOIA request. Why? To see whether this person was required to be on the sex offenders registry. If so, for how long? Is that customary in DC? If not, is that customary in a serious case like this one?
I saw "USA v ___" about one of the others so I search "USA v McHaney" and everything is in that first result. You just click each page you want to read. Learned he didn't have a trial and the porn he had was extremely sick shit.
Most interesting as far as what we were wondering about, it appears that McHaney was offered "witness security program" so that's probably how he stays off the sex criminal locator list. It could have been a bullshit way to keep him off the list but I think he turned in Barbara Boxer's employee and maybe the cop who was busted in almost the exact way Haney was and those two cases happened right after McHaney was busted.
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smudgepotforever ago
Looks like the sicko took a plea and only got charged with CP. His sentence was 3years. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/26/metro-briefs-60010452/
zzvoat ago
Any legal eagles out there? Sometimes these cases can be accessed in their entirity online by the public. In AZ you can, last I knew, if it was after a certain date when they began keeping digital records.
In lieu of that, any DCers who might walk into wherever they keep these files and look or do a FOIA request. Why? To see whether this person was required to be on the sex offenders registry. If so, for how long? Is that customary in DC? If not, is that customary in a serious case like this one?
The_Kuru ago
I saw "USA v ___" about one of the others so I search "USA v McHaney" and everything is in that first result. You just click each page you want to read. Learned he didn't have a trial and the porn he had was extremely sick shit.
Most interesting as far as what we were wondering about, it appears that McHaney was offered "witness security program" so that's probably how he stays off the sex criminal locator list. It could have been a bullshit way to keep him off the list but I think he turned in Barbara Boxer's employee and maybe the cop who was busted in almost the exact way Haney was and those two cases happened right after McHaney was busted.
smudgepotforever ago
Nice digging.