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Originally Posted by pimpwork
First of all I started this thread because of the Australian CP arrests for some reason it has be turned around to be "Child abuse" and a case that was held in Georgia USA, there is no comparison...
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You fail to see the link between someone getting a ridiculous 10 year sentence because that's the mandatory minimum, a minimum which was most likely inspired by the general outrage that the very words "sex" and "children" cause when put together, and someone crying out for a mandatory minimum of 10 years regarding a crime, outraged by the fact that there are both children and sex involved?
Child abusers, child rapists, cp producers, cp traders, etc. should all be thrown in prison for the rest of their lives. I think we can all agree on that.
The 18 year old guy who downloads a self-shot picture of a naked 17 year old girl while believing the girl is over 18 should probably not be sent to prison at all. I think most of us will agree on that, too.
In between those two extremes, there are many different cases. The cases which might technically be said to involve "child pornography" but which in reality lay closer to the second example than to the first are a very good reason why minimum sentences are a bad idea, and why being outraged without knowing the actual details is less than productive.
Just recently, I read about a girl who got charged with production of child pornography. She had taken pictures of herself, and had posted those online - while being under 18. That example alone should make it rather clear why it's pretty much a smart idea to get to know the details of a case before even thinking about appropriate sentencing.