Lawyer: Ohio Doctor’s Child Porn Counts Likely Dropped
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A lawyer says child-pornography charges will likely be dropped against a pediatrician who faces trial next month on more than 40 sex and drug offenses.
Published: September 25, 2009
Updated: September 25, 2009
HAMILTON, Ohio—A lawyer says child pornography charges will likely be dropped against a southwest Ohio pediatrician who still faces trial next month on more than 40 sex and drug offenses.
Dr. Mark Blankenburg and his twin, R. Scott Blankenburg, also a pediatrician in the Hamilton area, face multiple charges alleging sexual abuse and bribery of patients
The 53-year-old Mark Blankenburg is scheduled for an Oct. 5 trial. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth on Thursday separated the pornography charges from other counts.
Defense lawyer Mike Shanks says he believes the child pornography charges won’t make it to a trial. He says documentation shows that nine of 10 photographs are of men 18 or older.
Prosecutors have questioned whether the documentation is strong enough to stand up in court.
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The key point in there is DOCUMENTATION that 9 out of 10 are FOR A FACT of legal age. There may not be proof that the last one is or isn’t but given that the others are legal its unlikely the last one is different unless proven otherwise. And it also note that even the prosecutors have their doubts about proving the case.
“He says documentation shows that nine of 10 photographs are of men 18 or older.“
My subtraction might be rusty, but I’m pretty sure that still means 1 of the pictures then is of an under-age male and therefore charges should not be dropped.
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