Mark Johnson, a former prosecutor in Houston County, Alabama, was sentenced to 120 months in community corrections after being convicted of soliciting sexual favors from defendants. While the state recommended a prison sentence, Johnson's attorney argued for probation or community corrections citing his health issues and past service as an assistant district attorney.
DOTHAN, Ala. - A judge sentenced former prosecutor Mark Johnson to 120 months in community corrections .
The Alabama Attorney General’s Office asked Circuit Judge Burt Smithart to sentence Johnson to fifteen years and one day to split where four years would be served in prison followed by five years of supervised probation. “He put a for sale sign on the district attorney’s office,” Assistant Attorney General Kyle Beckman said, urging Smithhart to give Johnson the State’s recommended sentence. “Losing his bar card isn’t enough of a punishment.”
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