Runners-up: a judge, a hijacker, a female rapist–and lots of others
Runners-up for top story of the month:
Franklin County, Ohio Common Pleas Judge John Connor, 66, who has been targeted for removal from the bench by Gov. Bob Taft, House Speaker John Husted and Attorney General Jim Petro for failing to imprison an admitted rapist who sexually assaulted two children of Sri Lankan immigrants. The assailant, Andrew Selva, 46, admitted to abusing the boys, ages 5 and 12, repeatedly over a period of three years. Although originally charged with 20 counts of rape, the indictment was found legally defective and, under a plea arrangement with Connor, Selva was labeled a sexual predator and sentenced to treatment and probation. Connor admitted that if prosecutors had gone forward with rape charges, Selva "would ...
