Pastor Who Claimed He Raped Teenage Boys to Keep Them "Sexually Pure" Will Not Serve Jail Time

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54. Anybody else feel like Googling the judge?

Based on just a few minutes of searching, his sentences seem surprisingly mild.


From 11/10/2011:

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa —Five-month-old Lane Thomas died in her care, and Thursday, Teresa Chapin pleaded guilty to aggravated child endangerment.

Judge Greg Steensland deferred the case, which leaves Chapin on probation for the next year.

Steensland said he deferred sentencing for a year so everyone involved in the case could heal.

Prosecutors said Chapin -- a licensed day care provider -- should have known better when she put the baby down for a nap in an adult bed on his side surrounded by blankets on Aug. 17.

He never woke up.

But Chapin left court nearly a free woman.

Read more: http://www.ketv.com/Day-Care-Provider-Pleads-Guilty-To-Child-Endangerment/-/9675214/10132200/-/x8np5tz/-/index.html#ixzz2ejAXDDRa




Story Created: Sep 14, 2007 at 4:18 AM CDT

HAMBURG (AP) - A Fremont County judge has dismissed an effort to remove a southwest Iowa mayor who was accused of animal cruelty and stealing city funds.

The Iowa attorney general's office filed a petition in November to remove Hamburg Mayor Terry Holliman from office. It was filed after Holliman was charged with stealing and misappropriating about $50,000 from the city of Hamburg.

District Court Judge Greg Steensland dismissed the petition this week, marking the third and final legal battle Holliman has faced and won.

Animal abuse charges against Holliman were dismissed July 9th, and he was found not guilty of the felony theft charges in April.

The judge cited the acquittal as one of his reasons for dismissing the petition. He says Holliman could only be removed if he were proven guilty.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/9780762.html