Posted on 08/08/2023 5:38:10 AM PDT by Morgana
A federal appeals court has upheld Josh Duggar's conviction after he was sentenced for downloading child sexual abuse images.
On Monday, the former reality television star's argument that a judge should have suppressed statements he made to investigators during the image search was rejected. He will remain in prison.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal by Duggar, whose large family was the focus of TLC´s '19 Kids and Counting.'
Duggar, 34, pleaded not guilty to one count of receiving and one count of possessing child pornography, but a jury found him guilty at trial in December 2021.
He was convicted and is serving a 12-and-a-half-years prison sentence.
Federal authorities investigated Duggar after Little Rock police detective found child sexual abuse material was being shared by a computer traced to Duggar.
Investigators testified that images depicting the sexual abuse of children, including toddlers, were downloaded in 2019 onto a computer at a car dealership Duggar owned.
Duggar's attorneys argued statements he made to investigators during the search of the dealership should not have been allowed at trial since his attorney wasn't present.
Prosecutors said Duggar asked the agents: 'What is this all about? Has somebody been downloading child pornography?' and that he declined to say whether he had looked at such material online, comments that were later used as evidence in the trial.
The appeals panel said although Duggar was read his rights, the agents questioning him made it clear that he wasn't in custody and was free to leave.
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All the while, gay men are openly having sex with children in this country and nothing happens to them.
There have been some busts. Just one recently were a gay couple were abusing their two kids. In fact if you read this story, there was a whole group of creeps busted.
Most of the people in power in this goofy country like children. They’re untouchable.
2 down...tens of thousands to go.
4 actually.
WHILE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GIVING SEX FILTH BOOKS TO LITTLE KIDS???
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