Former ACLU chief admits guilt. Sentenced to 8 years for having 'graphic and violent' child porn

ABC News 7 ^ | June 1, 2007 | Leon Harris Maureen Bunyan Emily Schmidt

[Gritty]

[Mark was here]

Are you asking a peripheral question unrelated to the particulars this case?

Yes, I am asking in general.

[andyandval]

Still waiting for the ny slimes...

This story is right under the one about DiFi resigning her defense contract procurement committee post for conflict of interest.

Oh, wait...

[pabianice]

Strong condemnation by NOW and the UN Commission on Childrens' Rights

[Arrowhead1952]

Charles Rust-Tierney

Betting that some woman somewhere sues to get her name away from his hyphen.

That struck me as being funny too. Rush always said, "Never trust a woman with a hyphenated name." I guess that applies to men too now.

[Popman]

Is it true that written descriptions of child abuse, that were pure fantasy, can get one thrown in jail?

We are on a very slippery slope when simply looking at illegal activity will get you serious jail time.

As far as we know, this guy didn't touch a kid, molest a kid, take a picture of a kid. He did nothing illegal except look at and pay for vile, disgusting, sick material

Bear in mind, this POS ACLU scumbag needs help if he gets his jollies by watching adults sexual abusing a 4 year old.

He needs to be institutionalized

In other countries possessing a Bible will get you jail time, I'm not making a moral equivalence between an Islamic tyrannical regimen and a sick pervert, but there is a law of unintended consequences

[robertpaulsen]

"But I would be arrested if I bought a gun and filed off the serial number in preperation for the revenge."

Should you be arrested for downloading a picture of a gun with no serial number? Should I be arrested for viewing and downloading your revenge fantasy about getting a gun and filing off the serial number?

[Elle Bee]

It's not fair

if he had been allowed to become a Boy Scout leader he wouldn't have had to keep all of that violent kiddie porn on his computer

< / sarcasm>

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[GOPJ]

Is anyone surprised this jerk was associated with the ACLU?

[syriacus]

Yes, I am asking in general.

I'm glad you said you aren't interested in seeing the fantasy child porn.

People (not you) who actually download "fantasy" child porn and say no one is harmed by what they do, seem "out of touch with reality," in more ways than one.

They (not you) also seem sanctimonius, and blindly optimistic to me.

They (not you) seem very much like liberals.

[Popman]

As far as it being a victimless crime, he is the demand side of the business, and the children in the pornography are the victims.

It would be interesting to know what happened to the other evil scumbags who provided all the other links in this chain of events

The evil people in the porn
The people who develop the porn material
The Internet service provider who let them download the material
The institute that handles the money transaction

My guess is nothing

[Suzy Quzy]

Great minds think alike!! Hyphenated names are soooo feminazi-ish.

[Mmmike]

The media are going soft on this ACLU guy because they like having the ACLU around; the media are contraversialists, and the ACLU are a controversialist’s contraversialist, to say the least. As long as the ACLU is there to disturb and alarm the advocates of civilization, the media have an unending stream of automatic controversies to write stories about.

[VOA]

thanks for the cartoon post...
it says it all about the one ethic the MSM will have in it’s death-grip:
The Double Standard

[Arrowhead1952]

Hyphenated names are soooo feminazi-ish.

Yep. Wimpy male is what I was going to say.

[VOA]

Prosecutors said they would not seek more than eight years and one month,
which is in line with sentencing guidelines.

Well, if there was a crime providing conviction of "hypocrisy", this puke
couldn't be convicted.
Because as an ACLU big-whig, he was just practicing what he preached.

[tioga]

Is it any surprise that given jerks like this in the ACLU that they are such a twisted organization?

[happygrl]

One of the previous stories had indicated that this lawyer had advocated for the American Library Association's efforts to provided unscreened, unfettered access to the internet. It had also stated that he was an advocate for those with unusual sexual proclivities, or some such .

I can't remember the exact phrase, but NAMBLA immediately came to mind.

[xzins]

I am not surprised. Perverts get law degrees in order to advocate for perversion.