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by Jesse Bunch Published May 22, 2025, 7:55 p.m. ET

A West Philadelphia Democratic ward leader who resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a minor will spend about a month in jail, rather than the years prosecutors had sought, a judge ruled Thursday.

Stephen Jones, 80, was sentenced in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to three to four weeks in jail, about the time it will take to be processed for the 20 years of house arrest he was also ordered to serve, in a hearing where harrowing details that had previously gone unreported about the case came to light.

In 2023, Jones was arrested for molesting his gr

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