SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Steven Smith, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on Wednesday, KREM-TV reported. He was arrested in July 2023 and charged with 11 counts of possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. “Though it seems wholly inadequate to say, I am ashamed and I am so sorr…

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By Melissa Luck, Jordan Smith Click here for updates on this story     SPOKANE, Washington (KXLY) — A former Spokane newspaper editor and journalism ethics professor will serve 10 years in prison for paying minors to send him explicit photos and videos. Steven Smith pleaded guilty late last year to sexual exploitation and child pornography charges. Investigators linked Smith to online depictions of children. Prosecutors say he paid children ages…

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News outlets report Steven Smith of Spokane was sentenced Wednesday. He was arrested in 2023 and charged with 11 counts of possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. KHQ-TV reports Smith pleaded guilty in November to one count of exploitation of a minor and three counts of possession of child pornography as part of a plea agreement. Smith was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008 and…

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A former Washington state newspaper editor accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Steven Smith, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on Wednesday, KREM-TV reported. He was arrested in July 2023 and charged with 11 counts of possession of depictions of a minor

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