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Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2011, page 39
The elected District Attorney of a small Oregon county lost his job after being accused of using his office for sexual misconduct and then trying to cover it up.
Filed under:
Staff-Staff Assault,
Staff-Staff Harassment,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Oregon.
In August 2010, a female employee of the Umatilla County District Attorney’s office, Dawn Wilson, accused DA Dean Gushwa of physically, …
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