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It treated me so poorly.

Me and my mother, it was unfair and it's rude,

and I don't want any other child to ever

have to go through that ever. I'm asking for you to send him to prison.

I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is betrayal.

Episode 4.

Aveya.

On our last episode, you heard the sentencing hearing for Jason Linton.

He pled guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of voyeurism. His stepdaughter of Vaya made a plea to the

judge to send him to prison. Would Jason go to jail or be set free? That decision was in the

hands of Judge Metler. Okay, thank you everyone for your input.

I've been thinking about this for a while. This is a tough one. And the court makes decisions

concerning sentencing. The court really is balancing ways in which the victim can be made whole,

which frankly, it's pretty unusual when the victim

can truly be made whole. Rehabilitating the defendant is an important factor, and then, of course,

punishment. Child pornography is a horrible thing, and it's been victimized so many young

girls and boys, and it's terrible. But the voyeurism charges here are really serious.

The position of trust that you help with respect to your stepdaughter

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