Matt White will be going to prison for many years because he “accidentally” downloaded child pornography on his computer. He was searching for porn on file sharing desktop software Lime Wire and he found out that some of the images he downloaded were of children. He said he deleted them right away.
“It didn’t appeal to me,” stated White. “I was looking for women my age, so I just wanted to download ‘College Girls Gone Wild’ and accidentally downloaded underage pornography.” One year after downloading the images, the FBI showed up and searched the family computer. Matt is pleading guilty based on the advice of his public defender hoping that they will reduce the sentence to three and a half years. White also has to serve 10 years of probation and is labeled as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
The FBI did not comment on this case, but said that if you accidentally stumble upon child pornography the best thing to do is notify the authorities right away. Your computer may get confiscated, but it is better than what could happen otherwise. Many people on forums have complained that Lime Wire ended up sending child pornography to their computers.
So, let me get this straight… He's going to jail because he failed to report that he'd been tricked into downloading something that disgusted him? He's never been anything but the victim in this, and he's going to jail and being branded a sex offender for eternity? I hope everyone involved in his conviction dies slowly and painfully, from anal bleeding after being violently raped by a REAL sex offender.
I know a guy that treats sex offenders as part of probation.. He says that about half of them are bullshit charges that they would have to take a plea deal on or face really long prison terms. Most of them are young guys that just did stupid things like a 19 year old meeting a 16 year old girl at a party and having sex with her. He says very few clients he gets are true pedophiles. But that could be because the true pedophiles usually go to prison and don't get probation. Regardless, many young mens lives are forever ruined by a stupid mistake and paranoia.
So, let me get this straight… He's going to jail because he failed to report that he'd been tricked into downloading something that disgusted him? He's never been anything but the victim in this, and he's going to jail and being branded a sex offender for eternity? I hope everyone involved in his conviction dies slowly and painfully, from anal bleeding after being violently raped by a REAL sex offender.
I know a guy that treats sex offenders as part of probation.. He says that about half of them are bullshit charges that they would have to take a plea deal on or face really long prison terms. Most of them are young guys that just did stupid things like a 19 year old meeting a 16 year old girl at a party and having sex with her. He says very few clients he gets are true pedophiles. But that could be because the true pedophiles usually go to prison and don't get probation. Regardless, many young mens lives are forever ruined by a stupid mistake and paranoia.
He's not alone.
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