Here is a federal judge that Firefly might wish to have the FBI keep an eye on as for my having similar feelings that our current levels of punishments is way out of line for CP she had claimed I am or at least likely am a pedophile that the Federal government should waste it money on keeping an eye on.
Of course there are polls that are showing that by her logic over 70 percents of Federal judges are likely pedophiles.
I guess the males judges...........
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/lake/13720352-418/judge-says-some-child-porn-sentencing-guidelines-are-too-harsh.html
Updated: August 13, 2012 1:56PM
HAMMOND — A federal judge expressed concern Wednesday afternoon that the sentencing guidelines overseeing certain child pornography crimes are too harsh.
“(The guidelines) go from a sentence of two to three years to a sentence of seven to 10 years very, very quickly,” U.S. District Judge Philip Simon said during a sentencing hearing for Hammond resident Hugh Payne, 64. “I’m very troubled by that.”
Payne pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of possession of child pornography, and federal sentencing guidelines say that the base range of imprisonment should have been about two to three years.
However, Payne’s range was increased to six to eight years because he used a computer for the crime, the pictures included children younger than 12 years old and some children were shown being constrained. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling, often referred to as Booker, made the guidelines advisory instead of mandatory for federal judges.
Payne’s attorney, Paul Stracci, argued Wednesday that all of those enhancements show up in the vast majority of other child pornography possession crimes and that defendants are essentially punished twice.
“I think it’s unfair; I think it’s unfortunate,” Stracci said.
He also argued that studies show none of those are strong factors in predicting recidivism and asked that Payne, a Vietnam War veteran who has a number of health problems, receive no imprisonment.
Simon, who said that this is the first such case he has overseen, rejected that, saying he thought the crime was serious enough to warrant a significant jail sentence. However, he said was concerned about the additions of those enhancements, noting that the computer and young children enhancements are found in more than 90 percent of the cases.
“It’s the length of imprisonment that bothers me in this case,” Simon said.
He also said that he factored in Payne’s 42 years of work history, his medical problems and the fact that he was injured while fighting in the Vietnam War before sentencing Payne to 31/2 years in prison, about half of what the federal guidelines called for.
“We greatly appreciate Judge Simon taking a close look at the guidelines and using Booker as the Supreme Court hoped judges would to get to what the judge believes to be a fair sentence in the case,” Stracci said after the hearing.
