Good point; it was a mistake not to very carefully read the article. It’s an FR tradition not to read first, but I still should have read before posting. The article is not a close match to the headline.
But we as a society also seem to want to have lifetime punishments for anyone accused of that particular crime, no matter the details or the truth of the matter.
(I have a friend of a friend who did 4 years because his camera was taken by a buddy, without his knowledge or consent, used to record a sex act, the girl turned out to be underage, the buddy was not charged by the DA (the girl was not a helpful victim or witness), but the camera collected as evidence gave the owner a lifetime registry for child porn, plus 4 years of his life. We are far too eager to punish someone, anyone, whenever we see the words "child" and "sex" in the same sentence.)