A Capitol Rioter Paid $109.95 To Do His Community Service Hours Online

[demmiblue]

WASHINGTON — A Virginia man who pleaded guilty to joining the Jan. 6 insurrection notified a judge this week that he’d completed his court-ordered community service: He spent his 60 hours reviewing “educational” materials on topics like “American Government” and “Civics” through a website that offers online community service, for a fee.

Edward Hemenway pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for illegally parading at the US Capitol. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail plus community service. His lawyer filed a letter on Tuesday from an organization called Logan Social Services certifying that Hemenway performed his service by reading “training materials” about “Anger Management, Civics, Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Parenting and American Government” and providing “structured feedback.” The organization explained that it generally uses this feedback to “improve” online courses that it provides to people facing court-ordered education requirements, also for a fee.

Hemenway’s codefendant and cousin Robert Bauer, who received the same sentence, also confirmed to the court that he’d finished his 60 hours of service. Bauer appeared to take a more traditional route, attaching a letter from the public works department in his hometown of Cave City, Kentucky, that he’d performed “general labor.”

Hemenway and Bauer’s case offered a rare look at how people who have pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol are carrying out judges’ orders to give back to their communities, beyond any jail time or probation. It’s unusual to see records of what they’ve done filed on the public docket so far. Last month, a federal judge in a different Jan. 6 case denied a request by a coalition of media outlets (including BuzzFeed News) to release community service records for defendant Anna Morgan-Lloyd, finding they weren’t covered by the general right of access to judicial records.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-rioter-online-community-service

[pandr32]

1. Unless this ends with a proctored exam...no

This is not likely to do any good for the community or offer new insight for the traitor.

[lame54]

2. How is the community served by this...

Thete is still trash on the side of the highway