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West Virginia Public Defender Disbarred for Child Prostitution “Hoax”
Loaded on Jan. 10, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2015, page 46
West Virginia Public Defender Disbarred for Child Prostitution “Hoax”
A former West Virginia public defender has agreed to give up his license to practice law in the wake of a scandal involving allegations that he offered to sell children for sex. The state Supreme Court accepted the annulment of Steve ...
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