BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — An Alabama judge says colleagues on a state appeals court included too much graphic detail about a sex abuse and sodomy case in a written opinion upholding a man's convictions.
Judge Michael Joiner agreed Friday with three peers on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals who upheld William Brownlee's convictions on the charges. Brownlee is serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of repeatedly molesting an underage girl.
But Joiner took issue with the graphic nature of the wording the judges used to describe the crimes.
Joiner says he doesn't mean Brownlee's crimes should be ignored or covered up. But he says courts must use discretion, because written opinions are more available to the public than ever.
Brownlee was accused of being part of a large group of adults who molested children and swapped their own kids for sex for years. ..Source.. by JAY REEVES
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