He no doubt spent little time in the General Population of that lockup...or there’d not be much left of him to release.
I noted that hes alleged to have USED his own children for his sexual needs. That should demand a far greater punishment than he received.
The likelihood of him perpetrating AGAIN are far too high to allow him to walk free.
Ward claimed later, none of the events in the chat log actually took place and he was roll playing doing research for a book he was writing.
He did distribute child porn and he did sign a confession in a plea bargan.