Joseph Morrissey, a Democrat state delegate from Virginia, pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor on Friday on charges stemming from his relationship with a 17-year-old office assistant, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch. If youre as upset about this as I am: Click Here The plea deal makes Morrissey eligible for release in 90 days. Morrissey was immediately whisked away to jail, but shockingly the delegate hasn’t decided whether he is going to resign from his position in the General Assembly. According to one member of his legal team, Anthony Troy, Morrissey will be allowed to commute to and from work while returning to jail at night as part of the work-release program. “We understand that the legislature can run late into the night; but we will know where he is,” Henrico County Sheriff Michael Wade told the Dispatch. If youre as upset about this as I am: Click Here This isn’t Morrissey’s first stint in jail either. According to the Washington Free Beacon, he spent five days in jail in 1991 when he punched a defense attorney in the face during a trial. At the time, Morrissey was the commonwealth’s attorney for Richmond, an elected position that most states refer to as district attorney. The one-time prosecutor was on the wrong side of the law again in 1993 when he was indicted and had his law license suspended for reducing charges in a rape case in exchange for a $25,000 payment to the victim. Virginia Democrats and Republicans are less than thrilled with the idea of Morrissey continuing to work in the Assembly while he serves his sentence.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:47:01 +0000
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