I found out that my friend's computer has been confiscated from his house because the police believe he has child pornography in it. He doesn't know who reported him or anything. The thing is that he used to work at his brother's store until it closed down, and the computer he took was a computer his brother gave him, a computer that lots of people used. The store was a cybercafe so lots of people had their hands on it. It was also a show computer. He has had the computer for only about 2 weeks. If they find anything on it, can he be charged for it even though he took it from the store and has had it only 2 weeks. He doesn't have nor had internet at his house, so there's no way he could have downloaded it from his house. It's been about 1 month and a half now.
2007-03-20 20:32:30 · 6 answers · asked by Benito P 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Why were the police at his house looking at his computer? Obviously they must have had a search warrant supported by probable cause, or permission to search based on probable cause. The facts you have stated in you question may lead to reasonable doubt in a jurors mind, but I have a feeling that there is a lot more to this story than whats being presented. Either your leaving out a lot of detail, or your friend is not giving you the full story. There was a reason that the police viewed and seized the computer in the first place.
2007-03-21 04:56:22 · answer #1 · answered by LawDawg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, yes. Mere possession of child pornography is punishable. Even if he never downloaded it nor looked at it.
His only way out would be to assert as an affirmative defense (meaning he must prove) that it wasn't him that downloaded it, and he didn't know it was there.
2007-03-21 03:48:08 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope the find the perverts and arrest them.But why would police come to the house? Any linked computer gives an Ip addy and site visited.Methinks yer going to jail unless you prove otherwise.
2007-03-21 05:54:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the officials at police/law enforcement agencies do not randomly confiscate computers from citizens. Your details are not complete apparently.
2007-03-21 06:17:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you got caught with child pornography, benito p. shame on you!
2007-03-21 03:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by curious george 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A competent investigation will reveal what you just said. So, he should be O.K.
2007-03-21 03:44:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋