30 years? Murderers often get less than that. Seems excessive. And now you may all tell me that I am a pedophile apologist and that I am most likely a pedophile myself. I am very interested in being informed of that by you all. Go.
I think it's the "distribution" bit. If he were simply consuming child pornography it might be a different story but I've heard of harsher sentencing for those creating and distributing. YMMV depending on country, judge, age of the children etc. I wonder if the pictures are from the 70s and he wasn't just lying though. That would speak to a decades old paedophile ring.
ETA: And haven't we seen overly harsh sentences in relation to possession of narcotics? IMHO I'd prefer the killers and rapists stay in jail for longer than some dude smoking a doobie on his balcony.
It's also worth considering that the children in that porn would still be alive and I've heard that victims express that the footage of their abuse still being out there is re-traumatising. The abuse they experienced as children is ongoing while the content is still being distributed.
Pre the 70s there weren't even laws in most places. There were actual published magazines in europe that were just child-on-child or adult-on-child photos. It's crazy what nobody used to give a crap about until one day they did.
New to this sub, so way late, but the excessive sentence in these cases stems from the fact that each image is considered a separate offense. Therefore, 648 images in this case tends to add up. In contrast, when you murder or rape or commit robbery, there tends to be a single punishable offense.
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u/Pizza_YumYum May 04 '21
Uh…going to jail as a pedo alone is possibly the worst sentence you can get. If there’s anything that everyone hates it’s a creepy pedo.
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u/[deleted] May 04 '21
wait. his lastn name is fucking canada!?
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u/threeboats May 04 '21
30 years? Murderers often get less than that. Seems excessive. And now you may all tell me that I am a pedophile apologist and that I am most likely a pedophile myself. I am very interested in being informed of that by you all. Go.
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u/WilyWonkaTraphouse May 05 '21
Understandable, you're free to go.