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Article: Man gets 6 months for viewing child porn.
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 15, 2007
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Byline: Sandy Cullen
Mar. 15--A Vietnam veteran who was decorated for heroism and is being treated for post- traumatic stress disorder was sentenced Wednesday to 6 months in jail and three years probation for viewing child pornography last spring at his job as a janitor at Madison's Veterans Hospital.
Had the offense occurred after a change in state law that went into effect last June, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Fiedler would have been required to sentence Roger L. Buttchen of Madison to a minimum of three years in prison. Buttchen, 57, who waived his right to a trial and was found guilty of possession of child pornography, a felony, ...