Man's life Over, Cops Decide He Watched Child Porn in First Class

You seem to be under the impression that BillRM is interested in debate. That he is interested in presenting facts to support his position.

He is not.

No she doesn't.

it would be nice if she would admitted that they exist before I do so.

Here is an interesting and detail history of the child porn sentencing guide

No it's not.

the minimum sentence is suppose to be five years for this crime under current federal guide lines.

48 arrested in Florida child-sex investigation
By KEITH MORELLI
The Tampa Tribune
December 15, 2011

TAMPA -- A statewide law enforcement effort targeting pedophiles netted 48 suspects over the past six months, and authorities said the merger of two state agencies will only mean more arrests in the future.

The announcement of the arrests heralding the end of Operation Amalgamate was made Thursday morning at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement headquarters in Tampa. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi took part.

"Sexual predators are everywhere," she said.

Among those charged: a Transportation Security Administration worker, a church treasurer and a teacher's aide. They came from as far away as Colorado and as close as Tampa.

"It's a sad reality of the society we are living in in this country," Bondi said. "In

Florida, all we can do is lock them up, for life, if possible."

The arrests include those who downloaded computer images of child pornography to those arranging meetings with children for sex.

Bondi said the operation was the first one undertaken after the Attorney General's Office's Child Predator Cyber Crime Unit merged with the FDLE's Computer Crime Center. There are some 25 investigators fanned out across the state. They monitor chat rooms and social media sites and investigate complaints of inappropriate cyber conversations between children and others.

"I'm pleased that this unit is ridding our streets of these predators," she said.

FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey said the operation opened 100 cases, which resulted in the 48 arrests. All of the defendants were arrested independently of each other, and no child pornography rings were broken up, he said.

Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy, also a director with the Florida Sheriff's Association, said that since 2010 more than 250 suspects have been arrested on child-sex charges, and that's due to a number of reasons. Law enforcement is more knowledgeable in computer crimes, and parents and children are more aware of the dangers that can lurk on the Internet.

"This is the 800-pound gorilla that is coming after our little girls and boys," he said.

While law enforcement can do its part, it's the education for children and parents that is key, he said.

Schools are offering courses in how to detect danger online, he said, and parents are monitoring more and more what their children are looking at on computers and cellphones.

Special Agent Supervisor Mike Phillips of FDLE's Computer Crime Center said that education is paying off.

"Kids are now telling predators online that they are not interested," he said, and even alerting parents and law enforcement in some cases.
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I. Background of Law and Computer Technology

The "exploitive use of children in the production of pornography has become a serious national problem." New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747, 749 (1982). In Ferber, the Supreme Court held that child pornography is distinguishable from other sexually explicit speech. Child pornography is not protected by the First Amendment because the State has a "compelling" interest in safeguarding the well-being of minors. Id. at 756-57. "The prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse of children constitutes a government objective of surpassing importance." Id. at 757; see also Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234, 239 (2002). Therefore, while pornography may warrant First Amendment protection and can be banned only if it is found to be obscene, see Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), pornography that depicts minors can be proscribed whether or not the images are obscene. Ashcroft, 535 U.S. at 240. Moreover, the Court has held that the State's interest in protecting children from exploitation also justifies criminalizing the possession of pornography that is produced using children. Osborne v. Ohio, 495 U.S. 103, 110-11 (1990); see also Ashcroft, 535 U.S. at 250 (affirming Osborne while striking down a statutory provision that outlawed possession of virtual child pornography because real children were not exploited in its production). "The freedom of speech has its limits; it does not embrace certain categories of speech, including defamation, incitement, obscenity, and pornography produced with real children." Ashcroft, 535 U.S. at 246.
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BillRM should take a look at the kinds of pedophiles these laws are helping to get off the streets

It will shock Americans to learn that in Europe guys who are sexually attracted to kids sometimes call the state for help

The problem is that mental health interventions often fail.

As for your reply to me regarding 17 year olds? The law says you are an Adult at 18 and respectfully, alot, of "children" at 17 are still very nieve, told they are beautiful, "want to be a Model? Everyone starts here, nude shots are beautiful, I can make you famous".

I still say a child is a child and as they are not an Adult, they can't make Adult decisions about having photographs taken of themselves naked.

BillRM should take a look at the kinds of pedophiles these laws are helping to get off the streets.