EPTMan sentenced to life for possession of child porn - Page 2
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HackBenjamin
Canada1094 Posts
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Lord_J
Kenya1085 Posts
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
I think he should mostly be under surveillance for a long time.. | ||
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:15 madcow305 wrote: Sex, and sex-based crimes have always received a disproportionate amount of punishment and scorn from society. I would think it's also makes it harder on victims to cope. People react differently to suffering tragedies but it seems that due to the stigma society attaches to it, it becomes unacceptable for anyone to view it as anything less then the worst thing in the world. | ||
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Mordoc
United States162 Posts
Producing child pornography or participating in child molestation is certainly wrong, and I agree any person who comitted those acts should be sentenced to jail for a VERY long time (or executed, even); but simply viewing and owning child porn? It's not that bad, frankly. Remember that this guy is a first time offender, and it is my belief that is is POSSIBLE that with only 1-5 years, he could come out clean, and never do this again. Of course, if he were found guilty a SECOND time, I could understand 15+ years; but life for simply having child porn on his computer? That's too far, in my opinion. | ||
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
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Josealtron
United States219 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:20 HackBenjamin wrote: Yeah, I read it. I'm just not sympathetic to anyone involved in the industry, or the consumers. At all. People can chalk it up to an uncontrollable fetish all they want. If someone rapes your son or daughter, films or photographs it, distributes it, and just for the sake of argument, you catch someone in posession of it, what are you going to do? Lock him up in jail for the rest of their life? lol. Because apparently looking at disgusting images is as bad as killing somebody... This is ridiculous. The guy claims he didn't even know it was on his computer, which may or may not be true, but even if it isn't, a life sentence for looking at child porn? WTF | ||
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Lord_J
Kenya1085 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:20 HackBenjamin wrote: Yeah, I read it. I'm just not sympathetic to anyone involved in the industry, or the consumers. At all. People can chalk it up to an uncontrollable fetish all they want. If someone rapes your son or daughter, films or photographs it, distributes it, and just for the sake of argument, you catch someone in posession of it, what are you going to do? Clearly the irrational perspective of the victim's family is the one we should be assuming in determining appropriate ways to deal with unacceptable behavior. That seems likely to produce civilized and productive criminal policy. | ||
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albis
United States652 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:20 HackBenjamin wrote: Yeah, I read it. I'm just not sympathetic to anyone involved in the industry, or the consumers. At all. People can chalk it up to an uncontrollable fetish all they want. If someone rapes your son or daughter, films or photographs it, distributes it, and just for the sake of argument, you catch someone in posession of it, what are you going to do? prolly ask where they got it from or no, just kill the person. your fatherless son will grow up knowing hes dad is the most badass of all the prison inmates. possession is ALOT different that disruption and production | ||
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USApwn
United States81 Posts
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BamBam
745 Posts
If that is the case, R1CH really can get back at anyone... freaky. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
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Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:14 Jonoman92 wrote: Um... wtf? There is a kid in my school who killed someone driving drunk, and after 3 years in prison he is back in school and his life relatively uninterrupted. The justice system sucks so bad. Child porn is wrong, but giving the guy life in prison just sounds absolutely absurd. Reading the article now. I don't know about this specific case but this kind of scaling for sex crimes is pretty common, at a certain level of offense you're no longer considered able to be rehabilitated so the rationale is that life in prison is the only choice. I guess people think that isn't true for violent crimes, I can't speak for how true any of that is though. | ||
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peekn
United States1152 Posts
I can't see this actually happening. Wow... | ||
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qrs
United States3637 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:20 HackBenjamin wrote: For possessing it? I don't know, spit in his face? Slap him? Yeah, I read it. I'm just not sympathetic to anyone involved in the industry, or the consumers. At all. People can chalk it up to an uncontrollable fetish all they want. If someone rapes your son or daughter, films or photographs it, distributes it, and just for the sake of argument, you catch someone in posession of it, what are you going to do? What do you expect me to say--that I'd want to kill anyone who buys that picture? I'm not that bloodthirsty. This guy is a person too, and yes, I can sympathize with him, because everyone has fetishes, though his may be a distasteful one. I agree that possession should be a punishable crime because it indirectly supports the industry, but this guy hasn't actually done anything to a child. You can't even reasonably argue that his actions led to any child's being harmed except in the sense that he was one of millions whose purchases collectively finance the industry. That shouldn't be equated to molestation. What does giving a guy like this a life sentence do except ruin his life? | ||
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blobrus
4297 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:19 albis wrote: death for looking at something. land of the free....unless u open your eyes Yeah, because everyone should be free to sexually exploit children for their enjoyment/pay people for pictures of it? Oh, wait, most major countries have major laws against this. That said the sentence is stupid and I in no way agree with it. | ||
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lizard219
Germany22 Posts
how can the interpretation of law diverge so much? | ||
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mordk
Chile8385 Posts
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Olinimm
1471 Posts
On November 06 2011 10:28 Energizer wrote: My question is - how did the authorities know about it? Or what judge gave the search permit to the cops and for what reason. More importantly - does this mean anyone that has a grudge against you only has to download child porn on your computer and tell the authorities about it? If that is the case, R1CH really can get back at anyone... freaky. Seriously...I mean how easy would it be to frame someone for a crime like this...kind of frightening when you think about it. | ||
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Ermac
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