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June 24, 2003
Disgusting
New York Law School professor Edward Samuels was sentenced yesterday for possession of more than 150,000 kiddie pervert pics he'd downloaded from the internet. The most disgusting part of this story was the sentence he received.....6 months.
The judge admitted she struggled over whether to send Samuels to jail at all. She noted that while she'd seen some of Samuels' pictures and considered the crime "serious," Samuels has "been forced into self-awareness and is seeking help."
But lead prosecutor Maxine Rosenthal had argued that Samuels was only stopped after more than 20 years of amassing his collection - and only after stunned computer techies at the college stumbled upon the pictures during a routine repair.
WTF? 6 months? Judge, have you lost your freakin' mind?
Samuels downplayed his depraved collection as not having directly hurt anyone - and as free for the taking to anyone who goes online.
"Ninety-nine percent of what I downloaded was from newsgroups publicly available to anyone on the Internet," he told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Brenda Soloff.
Well that's alright then isn't it since you didn't violate any copyright laws. [/sarcasm]
Bill O'Reilly was partially right....there is a lot of scum out there abusing the freedom of the Net. And this judge just patted this pervert on the hand for doing it. The only thing he's gonna learn is to be more careful about who has access to his computer.
"Forced into self-awareness" my ass.
Posted by Rita at June 24, 2003 05:40 AM
Comments
"Killin's too good for 'em."
I'm a permissive kind of guy. Whatever floats your boat. BUT NOT THE KIDS. That's the one thing I cannot tolerate.
Posted by: Keith at June 24, 2003 09:22 AM
It is only the presumption of equality that is expressed in the Constitution. Actual reality may differ. Lamentable? Of course, but you know what dictatorial p**cks judges are and how jealous they are of their power.
Posted by: Bill at June 24, 2003 09:50 AM
The sad thing is that the techs that discovered the pr0n on his 'puter were fired ASAP... instead of being recognized for doing the right thing, they were punished for exposing a pervert...
Posted by: Mike S at June 24, 2003 06:59 PM
Yeah, I read that too. According to their former boss, it had nothing to do with this. Yep, and I have oceanfront property to sell, right here in the Midwest.
Posted by: Bob at June 24, 2003 11:59 PM