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When a former treasurer for the Youngstown, Ohio, school district was convicted of embezzling about $87,000 of school funds, he didn't know that his sentence would include cleaning up his own mess.

Ralph Logozzo also probably never thought he would work for the Youngstown city schools again, until the judge sentenced him to perform six weeks of janitorial services for the district after spending three months in the Mahoning County jail.

Also as part of his sentence, Mr. Logozzo will have to compose and deliver a speech to all four of the senior high schools in the 12,000-student district. In the speech, he must apologize and admit that he violated and abused the trust given to him as treasurer of the district. The superintendent will schedule the speeches and confirm that they are done satisfactorily with Mr....