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Old October 24th, 2011 #20
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Originally Posted by Ian View Post
This male does sound a debased character.

However, would you really go to prison for life rather than admit underage porn? If you were being interrogated under arrest for WN activities, and a strange cop came in, a cop the regular ones visibly feared, and told you they had evidence linking you to an horrific rape assault and also illegal explosives possession. You would get at least 15 years inside, and 18 with the WN charges. Alternatively, you could plead guilty to childporn and get 3 years in all, out in half that with good behaviour. I think most would at least consider it.
I don't know anybody that would. A conviction for child porn is a conviction for life - even when you get out after your hypothetical three years, you have the general public to contend with, the sex offenders register, the employment issues, the family/wife/access to kids issues and probably a hundred more things I haven't thought of.

18 years is nothing compared to a lifetime of the hell that comes with being a convicted paedophile - genuine conviction or not.
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