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31, 2006 email this print this Taking baby steps toward lobby reform OUR OPINION: SENATE MEASURES FALL SHORT OF SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS It was just a coincidence that the Senate approved a lobbying reform measure on the same day that a federal judge in Miami sentenced über-lobbyist Jack Abramoff to nearly six years in prison, but the two events have a cause-and-effect connection.

Public outrage generated by Abramoff's influence-peddling schemes in Washington forced an otherwise apathetic Senate to respond by making a show of cleaning up its act.

But no one should be fooled - the Senate's ...

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The defendants then must take their chances in criminal court, including potential conviction and prison time.

Drug court recognizes the process of recovery, Jaquette said.

Under the normal criminal justice process, people would go to jail and likely get out without meaningful treatment.

"This program understands that there will be relapses and intermediate consequences," Jaquette said.

But that doesn't mean it's easy.

"Generally, it's easier to just do your time and get back on the street," Jaquette sad.

"It's one of the things that people learn." Reporter Jim Haley: 425-339-3447 or haley@heraldnet.com.

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Contact Us UI Homepage Legal Information Search the Argonaut Prosecution declines to change McNally sex crime charge Written by Sam Taylor -Argonaut Friday, 31 March 2006 Latah County Deputy Prosecutor Michelle Evans told District Judge John Stegner in January that she would not lessen the sex-crime charges against a former student, which means he still faces life in prison.

University of Idaho sophomore Ryan McNally, who is no longer at school, was found guilty of one felony count of “forcible sexual penetration with a foreign object” in January.

In a rare move, jurors sent a letter to the judge asking him to show leniency when sentencing McNally.

In the letter, they said they did not believe McNally would re-offend and that he had made a mistake, but was still guilty.

Stegner then met with Evans and asked her to consider pleading the guilty charge down to “sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult,” but after speaking with Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson she decided to keep the original charge, giving several reasons for her decision.

The lesser charge would have meant McNally could be sentenced to 25 years in prison and a $25,000 fi...