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Well I have a problem with convicting people of child porn simply because there are deleted images in their browser's cache.

Numerous times while doing a Web search using Google (or another search engine) I've landed on a porn site with no way of knowing that's where the link was going to take me.

It happened recently while searching for a specific model of compact fluorescent light bulbs of all things... The link said it was a supplier. The actual site was not.

So if that happened to be child porn site instead of adult porn, I could lose 10 to 15 years of my life???

That's ridiculous. I strongly disagree with that. I think to get a conviction there should be evidence that the person in question paid for the images. The server side is a different matter. Paying for the images proves intent. It also is what actually causes harm to the children. On the server side, if they knowing host child porn, let them rot in jail.

So if that happened to be child porn site instead of adult porn, I could lose 10 to 15 years of my life???

Yes, it has happened. (Well, I can't confirm 10-15 years since it hasn't been that long and I think one person got out after losing only 3 or so by getting it overturned.) The problem is that many bad police and prosecutors are concerned more with scoring a "conviction" than actually stopping criminal behavior. :-(

This is what happens when mere possession (esp in the form of computer files and all the dangers of unasked for downloads, viruses, etc) is against the law.

Easy to frame someone up, hard to prove innocence when 'possession' is guilt.

Do away with 'possession' laws.