PITTSBURGH ? A western Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to probation and house arrest for posting graphic fictional stories about the torture and sexual abuse of children on the Web.
Karen Fletcher, of Donora, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Pittsburgh after pleading guilty to violating federal obscenity law. She was sentenced to five years of probation, six months of house arrest and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
Fletcher says she was sorry and her intention wasn?t to hurt anyone. She posted the stories on her Web site and charged customers $10 a month to view them.
Her lawyer has said the stories were a way for Fletcher to cope with abuse she faced as a child.
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