Do you think changes to Internet Child Porn laws need to be put in place for the level of seriousness?

Question

An individual I know has been indicted with 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Dangerous Crimes a Class 2 Felony. The way the law works in his state is min 10 years prison per count consecutively.

The way the law states is a person commits sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly: Distributing, transporting, exhibiting, RECEIVING, selling, purchasing, electronically transmitting, possessing or exchanging any visual depiction in which a minor is engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct.

The individual I know may be a person who likes porn, but he is not a pedophile. 10 videos were downloaded accidentally using Limewire but he failed to delete them.

I feel the extent of this law was made for individuals who have serious problems, but the way the law states is even a minor offender must get what a serious offender deserves. Obviously the individual I know knows he made a horrible mistake but having to face 100 years in prison is way to extreme in my opinion

Answer 1

I think sexual offense laws should be regulated regardless....I was watching this show recently......This guy had sex with a woman who was 17 and he was 19 at the time. She pressed charges because her parents found out. Now, this guy has 2 children and he has this charge hanging over his head. He is NOT allowed to live so many feet from a school in his area, he's moved FIFTEEN times because he is practically RAN out of the neighborhoods by protesters because he HAD to register as a sexual offender. Now....he didn't have illicit sex with a 5 year old....nor did he solicit sex from a toddler, yet he is treated as if he did......He finally found a neighborhood that is close to his children and even now, he is on trial because he refuses to leave due to the fact that there is a school so many feet from his house......fair?....hardly....
I think the reprocussions should be based on the degree of the offense...not the offense 'title' itself.

Answer 2

Yes I do, and here's why: I know a guy who got arrested for child porn for sending ONE photo of a girl to a friend. He thought the girl was around 18 or 19, and HIS OWN WIFE saw the photo and she wasn't even upset about it when she saw it because she also thought the girl was 18 or 19.

If it happened to him this way, how many others does something like this happen to?

Answer 3

I'm sorry but the kids who are sexually exploited in the world need all the help they can get. Daily, kids are taken from their families, or sold by their families for pornographic purposes. By severely punishing recipients of child porn it is hoped to shrivel the market for the kiddie porn.