Ex-airline exec gets 30 years for downloading child porn

Discussion in 'Politics' started by IMFTrader, Jan 11, 2013.

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Berger

    This guy's 200 year sentence was heard and upheld by the Supreme Court. His case seems to have set the precedent for extreme punishment for pedophiles who download child pornography.

    The main problem with this is that the legal system is sending a clear message that if you are going to commit a sex crime, hands-on is the way to go. There are many child molesters who get away with 10 or 15 years of prison, sometimes much less.

    For a recent example:
    http://www.examiner.com/article/three-year-sentence-for-daycare-child-molestor

    Of course, it's much easier for Law Enforcement to arrest and ruin idiots downloading sick images from obscure corners of the internet than it is to capture a sociopath child pornographer with an abducted child locked up in his basement.
     
    #11     Jan 11, 2013
  2. The hysteria is so overblown that cartoon images can be considered child porn , how fucked up is that?

    I mean c'mon we got to second guess if watching the lil mermaid swallow the salami is going to be deemed a criminal offence by your local prosecutor?

    Sorry I just don't get it.

    Just like I support the 2nd amendment I also support the first.
     
    #12     Jan 11, 2013