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Judge Sends Convicted Sex Offender to Treatment Facility Instead of Prison

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A Superior Court judge opted to send a 20-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting two young boys to an inpatient treatment program instead of handing him down a prison sentence. According to this news report in the New Jersey Star Ledger, Judge John Dangler agreed with Alexander Willadsen?s defense attorney that Willadsen should be sent to a treatment facility instead of getting a 10-year prison sentence, which was recommended by prosecutors. Dangler reportedly heard testimony from a mental health expert and the head of the treatment facility before coming to a decision. Willadsen reportedly has an I.Q. of 75, just five points above the threshold for mental retardation. He was also sexually assaulted at the age of 11. Willadsen confessed to fondling two young boys over nine months in 2006 when he was 18 and also abused other young boys when he was a juvenile, according to court records...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on November 28, 2008 (boomark / email).