I live in Sonoma County and I guess the media circus will move here. Hopefully all the publicity will die down.
Concur, but extraditing this creep over a six y/o misdemeanor smacks of yet another runaway DA who wants headlines.
This guy is to children what John Malkovich's character from "In the Line of Fire" was to Presidents.
If he can be charged and locked up on anything, it would be a good idea. Of course, some other judge will inevitably let him walk in about a year or less, but still, any day he is behind bars is a day he isn't out there doing something unmentionable.
"Children in sexual situations." What does that mean? Were the children naked? Were they simulating intercouse? Were they posed in sexually provacative positions? Why can't we ever get the facts from the police! Why are we so often expected to assume that the police and the DA know what they are doing? Make no mistake about it, this fellow is definitely a 'sicko' and we should all be glad he has been identified and will be tracked as such. But what do the real charges against him actually amount to? Can anyone clarify this one?
The DA is probably doing the best he can in this case. At the time, child porn involving children under the age of 14 was a misdemeanor, per California Penal Code 311.11. The updated law changes it to being under the age of 18, but it is still a misdemeanor. It is a felony if someone has a prior conviction.
If people don't know to keep their children away from this pervert by now, I don't think having his name in a data base will change anything. I would like to see him locked up for the remainder of his life though.