A charge of possession of child pornography should be taken seriously. Not only does conviction carry with it the possibility of more than 30 years in prison, but it also requires that you register as a sex offender, which can negatively impact your ability to obtain any housing or employment following your release from prison.
A Montgomery County man was sentenced to a five-year prison term after admitting he had a pornographic video chat involving a child in the Philippines and had amassed hundreds of images and videos depicting child pornography at his home.
The 43-year old man was facing 14 to more than 17 years in prison, but the judge settled on a downward departure nine years below the recommended sentencing range.
The man is an oil and gas consultant, pleaded guilty in April to receipt and possession of pornography, after directing a woman in the Philippines to have sexual contact with a teenage girl through a streaming video feed.
Several federal officials in the room appeared to be startled by the sentence, according to a courtroom observer.
The defendant believes there’s a redundancy in sentencing in these cases, which works to defendants’ detriment.
As a defense, the man stated there is little to distinguish the two other than receipt carries a mandatory minimum of 60 months and possession does not have a mandatory minimum.
In the wake of the online chat, FBI agents executed a search at the man’s home and discovered 750 images and 127 videos depicting children engaging in sex acts.
Child pornography is a class 2 felony that when convicted, the charge carries a mandatory minimum of four to 15 years in prison, or 30 years if any of the images are of children under age 13. Conviction of possession of child pornography also requires registration as a sex offender.
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