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

You are an expert in how to obtain child porn, aren't you? Have lots of experience in this area? You sure know how to share those "pedofiles" don't you? Want to tell us more about how the bulk of child pornography collecting is done?

Of course not, sweetie, you'll always be at his side to add your voice to defend him, won't you?.

Governments have been blamed for the financial and political chaos of 2011.

In 17 of 25 countries surveyed governments are now trusted to do what is right by less than half those questioned.

Overall trust in government fell by nine percentage points to 43%.

Trust in business also fell, from 56% to 53%.

Although businesses saw less severe declines in trust, countries at the heart of the eurozone saw sharper decreases.

Businesses in Spain, France and Germany saw trust decline by 21, 20 and 18 percentage points respectively.

China was the only country to see a significant rise in trust in businesses, up from 61% to 71%.

Trusting 'me'

Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, said: "Business is now better placed than governments to lead the way out of the trust crisis".

"But the balance must change so that business is seen both as a force for good and an engine for profit."

Alongside these steep declines in trust in institutions such as governments or businesses, the survey highlights a dramatic switch in those whom people say they now trust.

A "person like me" is now one of the top three credible sources, said those surveyed, only trailing academics and technical experts.

Social networking, microblogging and content-sharing sites saw the most dramatic percentage rises as trusted sources of information, jumping by 88%, 86% and 75%.

Despite these gains, traditional media and online search engines are still the most trusted sources of information for general news and information, says the survey.

Edelman's 2012 trust Barometer was released in the run-up to this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, where it will be presented in more detail.

Edelman's online survey sampled 25,000 respondents among the general population, with an over-sample of 5,600 "informed" people from the upper end of society - college-educated, with household income in the top quarter - across 25 countries.

And what does this have to do with child pornography?

It ties to my assertion that the sex laws are abusive, and that the government continuing to insist upon using unjust laws such as our porn laws to abuse the citizens will result in a degradation of its authority...

Newton teacher joined child porn website in 2009, court documents allege
January 20, 2012
By Deirdre Fernandes, Globe Staff

The Underwood Elementary teacher who was arrested earlier this week on charges of sexually assaulting a minor and filming it had joined an international website that trafficked in child pornography in June 2009 and posted several graphic videos that earned him “VIP” status, according to federal court documents.

David Ettlinger, 34, of Allston made 105 posts on “Dreamboard” an on-line bulletin board that promoted child pornography, frequently visiting a section for videos of children under 13 years, the documents state.

David Yannetti, whose firm is representing Ettlinger, would not comment on the allegations outlined in the Louisiana court documents.

“We are going to investigate it and handle it in the appropriate way,” Yannetti said today.

Earlier this week, Ettlinger pleaded not guilty to charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and posing a child in a state of nudity, in a West Roxbury District Court. He also pleaded not guilty to related charges of possession of child pornography in Brighton District Court.

Ettlinger was a second-grade teacher and had been employed with Newton Public Schools for 12 years. His students referred to him as Mr. E, but on Dreamboard he went by EE1, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Louisiana.

He participated in Dreamboard between June 2009 and August 2010, according to the documents.

Federal investigators tracked down Ettlinger using his computer Internet address in December 2010, the documents state.

Newton Schools Superintendent David Fleishman said he found out about the Ettlinger case on Tuesday morning when local police called him. Ettlinger appeared in Brighton District Court later that day. School officials now say they are moving to fire Ettlinger, who has been put on administrative leave.

Federal investigators launched the investigation into Dreamboard in December 2009. They describe it as a message board with about 600 members worldwide. Participants moved higher up in the membership hierarchy based on the number and frequency of their posts. Ettlinger had reached the second level, according to the documents.

Seventy-two people were initially charged with participating in Dreamboard last August, when federal authorities first announced the investigation.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/newton/2012/01/newton_teacher_joined_child_po.html

Morris Plains assistant Boy Scout leader charged with child porn possession, distribution
January 20, 2012
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MORRIS PLAINS — A Boy Scout leader who invited a man to his home and showed him pornographic images of children on his computer was arrested today, the Morris County prosecutor said.

Stephen Corcoran, 44, of Morris Plains was charged with one count of second-degree distribution of child pornography and one count of fourth-degree possession of child pornography in connection with the alleged October incident, Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said.

Corcoran has since stepped down from his Scout position, his attorney said.

A man, identified only as "C.W. #1," told investigators from the prosecutor’s office in November that Corcoran had issued an invitation to his Littleton Road home a month earlier and showed him computer images of apparent child pornography, according to an arrest affidavit.

Authorities searched Corcoran’s computer and storage media and found images of boys with their genitalia exposed, as well as images of boys engaged in sex acts, the affidavit said.

"The forensic computer examination revealed that the defendant possessed both images and videos containing child pornography," the affidavit stated.

Bianchi said the distribution charge results from showing child porn to another person.

Corcoran is listed as an assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 173 in Morris County on the troop’s website. But his lawyer, Peter Gilbreth, said Corcoran cut his ties to the troop in November.

A LinkedIn page that references Troop 173 says Corcoran works in information technology and infrastructure management at Deutsche Bank in New York City. It also says he attended Rutgers University and graduated cum laude with a master’s degree in information technology from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Gilbreth said his client was served with paperwork and surrendered.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/morris_plains_assistant_boy_sc.html

Man sentenced for sending nude photos of self to girl, 12
By JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
Jan 23, 2012

BRENTWOOD — A former Seabrook man was sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison on Friday for sending sexually explicit photos of himself to a 12-year-old girl he contacted on Facebook.

Andrew Desmarais, 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent exposure and a single count of certain uses of a computer prohibited in Rockingham County Superior Court.

Desmarais’ nude photos were sent to an email address that actually belonged to police, according to prosecutors.

The girl’s father contacted Hampton police last Feb. 3, saying someone named Andy Desmarais was trying to engage in sexually explicit chats with his daughter on Facebook’s direct messenger, according to prosecutors.

Police ended up taking over the girl’s Facebook account and posed as the girl as part of their investigation and exchanged messages with Desmarais, according to prosecutors.

Desmarais indicated he wanted to pick up the girl in his car and made remarks about sexual acts he wanted to engage in with her, prosecutors said.

On Feb. 12, Desmarais allegedly sent three sexually explicit photo of himself to an email address maintained by Hampton police, according to court documents. During the investigation, another parent came forward saying that their daughter had been receiving messages from Desmarais as well, court documents say.

“Clearly, they are very serious charges,” defense lawyer Adam Bernstein said Friday after the court hearing, “but I think it’s a fair sentence the court imposed.”

Bernstein told Judge N.William Delker that Desmarais had no prior criminal record and immediately confessed and expressed remorse about having inappropriate contact with the girl.

“He wants to get the appropriate treatment and the help he needs so he can return and be a productive member of society,” Bernstein said.

Police say they were able to identify Desmarais because the photos also showed his face.

Desmarais was indicted on 25 counts of possession of child sexual abuse images, but the majority of those charges were dropped as part of the negotiated plea agreement.
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120123/NEWS03/701239973

Who Possesses Child Pornography?

It is difficult to describe a “typical” child pornography possessor because there is not just one type of person who commits this crime.

In a study of 1,713 people arrested for the possession of child pornography in a 1-year period, the possessors ran the gamut in terms of income, education level, marital status, and age. Virtually all of those who were arrested were men, 91% were white, and most were unmarried at the time of their crime, either because they had never married (41%) or because they were separated, divorced, or widowed (21%).

Forty percent (40%) of those arrested were “dual offenders,” who sexually victimized children and possessed child pornography, with both crimes discovered in the same investigation. An additional 15% were dual offenders who attempted to sexually victimize children by soliciting undercover investigators who posed online as minors.

Who Produces Child Pornography?

Based on information provided by law enforcement to NCMEC’s Child Victim Identification Program, more than half of the child victims were abused by someone who had legitimate access to them such as parents, other relatives, neighborhood/family friends, babysitters, and coaches.

What is the Nature of These Images?

The content in these illegal images varies from exposure of genitalia to graphic sexual abuse, such as penetration by objects, anal penetration, and bestiality.

Of the child pornography victims identified by law enforcement, 42% appear to be pubescent, 52% appear to be prepubescent, and 6% appear to be infants or toddlers.

What Are the Effects of Child Pornography on the Child Victim?

It is important to realize that these images are crime scene photos – they are a permanent record of the abuse of a child. The lives of the children featured in these illegal images and videos are forever altered.

Once these images are on the Internet, they are irretrievable and can continue to circulate forever. The child is revictimized as the images are viewed again and again.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2451

The content in these illegal images varies from exposure of genitalia to graphic sexual abuse, such as penetration by objects, anal penetration, and bestiality.

Once these images are on the Internet, they are irretrievable and can continue to circulate forever. The child is revictimized as the images are viewed again and again

Walk us through that logic, this assertion is made often by the zealots but where is the work to prove the claim?

The New York Times
June 9, 2011
In Court, a Victim Gives Voice to Sex Abuse
By AL BAKER

He had never met the young girl, recognizing her only through a 15-minute video he had downloaded that showed her being sexually abused by a man. Her circumstances were not familiar to him; he knew her only as “Vicky,” the self-titled subject of a series of videos popular in child-pornography circles.

But on Thursday, Matthew Fanning, a retired New York City police officer, came to learn more about Vicky, who is now in her 20s, as her victim-impact statement was read aloud at his sentencing in State Supreme Court in Queens.

“I wonder if the people I know have seen these images,” the woman wrote, according to the statement, which was read by a senior assistant district attorney, Kateri A. Gasper. “I wonder if the men I pass in the grocery store have seen them. Because the most intimate parts of me are being viewed by thousands of strangers, and traded around, I feel out of control. They are trading my trauma around like treats at a party, but it is far from innocent. It feels like I am being raped by each and every one of them.”

Prosecutors have withheld her real name because she is a repeat victim of child abuse: her father sexually abused her and filmed those acts more than a decade ago.

In her statement, she described enduring flashbacks, nightmares and paranoia. Crowds were unbearable, she said, and she withdrew from college because of panic attacks.

And each time she learns that images of her “naked body being tortured” are at the center of another court case against a purveyor of child pornography, she feels exploited anew. Victim-impact statements from the woman’s mother and stepfather were also introduced into the record, though not read aloud. Later, Justice Fernando M. Camacho sentenced Mr. Fanning, 48, of Ozone Park, to up to 10 years in prison.

“The children who are depicted in these vile videos are real children,” said Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney. “The fact that the defendant is a retired N.Y.P.D. officer makes this case all the more disturbing.”

Last month, Mr. Fanning pleaded guilty to two counts of promoting sexual performance by a child: one for obtaining a video featuring a 3-year-old girl engaged in a sex act with an adult male and one for the Vicky video.

In court, Mr. Fanning apologized after hearing the victim’s statement.

“The phrase ‘Lord knows, I’m sorry,’ comes to mind,” he told the judge. “I would never do anything to hurt anyone.”

As for the victims in the case, Mr. Fanning said: “I pray for them and their families every day. I swear to God nothing like this will ever happen again.”

For the young woman at the center of the Vicky series, offering an impact statement is part of a two-pronged legal approach seeking some relief for her past. When people are convicted in federal court of possessing pornographic images of her, she files motions to receive damages, her lawyer, Carol L. Hepburn, said.

She is seeking about $1 million to date for counseling, lost wages, extra educational costs and evidence gathering, Ms. Hepburn said. So far, her client has filed for restitution in more than 200 federal criminal cases across the country, and received more than 50 orders for payment — though not much money has come in because many defendants have little means.

“We ask that her victim-impact statement be read aloud in all cases so the defendant and those in court have an opportunity to realize the effect of this crime,” Ms. Hepburn said. “I’m hopeful other victims will come forward and realize they, too, can have a voice.”

Ms. Hepburn said her client was one of three victims in the nation who regularly request restitution from people who possess child pornography images — not just from those who produce or distribute it. Whenever the Vicky images show up in a prosecution, the government notifies Ms. Hepburn — although victims and their relatives can ask that the government not do so. In his statement, the stepfather of the victim in the Vicky series said he did just that.

“We don’t receive the notices anymore,” he wrote. “The pain and gut-wrenching reminder of receiving enough notices to overflow a 55-gallon drum is more than my family can take.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/nyregion/pornography-victim-makes-voice-heard-in-queens-case.html?_r=2&hpw

And each time she learns that images of her “naked body being tortured” are at the center of another court case against a purveyor of child pornography, she feels exploited anew.

I can't see anything changing, were you to put either of these two in contact with a victim of such abuse, and let them listen to the harrowing details, and to the way it has impacted upon their adult lives, Chicken Little and Slobbery Bill would be completely unaffected emotionally. If anything they'd probably be aroused. In every single scenario they identify with abusers and show contempt for the victims.

My wife was sexually abused for years by an older brother who later killed himself, my two girls were sexually abused by the brother of a babysitter whom we reported and helped to convict...
my focus is in ending the abuse and I am convinced that the way to get there is through freedom of erotic expression and the freedom of individuals to be sexual how ever they want with whom ever they want.

Now that we had pass laws that allow victims to get $$$$$$ from all the people found to had their images on their computers I am sure there is going to be a great great many more victims who find that they are torture by having those images out on the net.

A2K member who related her own story of sexual abuse in another thread. I don't think you could say anything that would surprise me any more--you'll sink to any level.