There's a bill in the Virginia General Assembly targeting nonviolent child porn offenders: "The midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for possession of child pornography in violation of § 18.2-374.1:1 adopted by the Commission shall be further increased by (i) 100 percent in cases in which the defendant has no previous conviction of a violent felony offense". Originally, the bill required that "the court shall review all child pornography as defined in § 18.2-374.1 possessed by the defendant, including any child pornography possessed by the defendant for which he was not charged or convicted, and shall file with the record of the case a written statement that such review was conducted." As we know, some of these child porn collections can be hundreds of thousands of images and video clips, filling multiple terabyte hard drives. If this had passed, a sentencing judge could have spent almost all his career looking at child porn, day-in and day-out, and responding to any curious onlookers with, "Just doin' my job.." What a sweet gig that would've been. I might have felt inspired to go to law school and support the campaigns of up-and-coming politicians who might soon be in a position to make judicial appointments. But no, the committee had to strike that provision out. [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |