I was just checking out some of the questions asked not too long ago. I saw one that stated that an adult had 10 files of underage pornography stored on his hard-drive. In this particular area, it's punishable by 10 years per file. This equals 100 years in prison. Isn't that a bit too much? Sure, they did something pretty bad, but they still deserve another shot, in my opinion. I'm a Canadian and I'm not familiar with Canada's laws, however, it just seemed a bit too much. I do not support any type of behaviour like this, but people make mistakes in their lives. I think the law needs to deal with this (and may other types of crime as well) type of crime differently. They need to weigh the circumstances. If say, somebody intentionally viewed underage pornography, but, made attempts to stop, and did not harm anyone; should have their trial adjusted accordingly. I fully agree, there are people out there who deserve punishment, but there are those who don't.
What do you think?
2007-07-30
14:37:28
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