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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Capitol Rioter Paid $109.95 To Do His Community Service Hours Online
WASHINGTON A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to joining the Jan. 6 insurrection notified a judge this week that hed completed his court-ordered community service: He spent his 60 hours reviewing educational materials on topics like American Government and Civics through a website that offers online community service, for a fee.
Edward Hemenway pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for illegally parading at the US Capitol. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail plus community service. His lawyer filed a letter on Tuesday from an organization called Logan Social Services certifying that Hemenway performed his service by reading training materials about Anger Management, Civics, Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Parenting and American Government and providing structured feedback. The organization explained that it generally uses this feedback to improve online courses that it provides to people facing court-ordered education requirements, also for a fee.
Hemenways codefendant and cousin Robert Bauer, who received the same sentence, also confirmed to the court that hed finished his 60 hours of service. Bauer appeared to take a more traditional route, attaching a letter from the public works department in his hometown of Cave City, Kentucky, that hed performed general labor.
Hemenway and Bauers case offered a rare look at how people who have pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol are carrying out judges orders to give back to their communities, beyond any jail time or probation. Its unusual to see records of what theyve done filed on the public docket so far. Last month, a federal judge in a different Jan. 6 case denied a request by a coalition of media outlets (including BuzzFeed News) to release community service records for defendant Anna Morgan-Lloyd, finding they werent covered by the general right of access to judicial records.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-rioter-online-community-service
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A Capitol Rioter Paid $109.95 To Do His Community Service Hours Online (Original Post)
demmiblue
Feb 2022
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pandr32
(11,588 posts)1. Unless this ends with a proctored exam...no
This is not likely to do any good for the community or offer new insight for the traitor.
lame54
(35,294 posts)2. How is the community served by this...
Thete is still trash on the side of the highway