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By JC:
My son was arrested for downloading child pornography - he tells me there are many kids out there passing this stuff around clueless to the consequences and if they were all to be arrested they alone would fill up a prison. I am trying to find out if indeed arrests are up in this age range 20 years and younger but don't know how to research this information. I did find two cases in Maricopa County in December where a 20 and 17 yr old were arrested. If that is any indication of a trend I don't know but I would like to make it my goal to educate and inform the public and mainly young internet users of this peril as my son tells me if he'd known, he would have stayed away as it was not gratification purposes why he got involved but rather the shock factor as in 'Hey, dude check this out.' I fear for the future of our youth and country if they are indeed rounding up these misguided youngsters and throwing their lives away as my sons is being. I tell anyone who will listen about my son's situation and tell them - talk to your kids - they don't need to dig around for C.P. it will come to them and it's not a game. Any help will be appreciated as sadly numbers talk and maybe people will listen. I appreciate your site, the wealth of information you provide and all the hard work you obviously put in.
The best way to find this information out is to file a Freedom of Information request using your state's laws. They're very simple. A simple statistical request such as "The number of individuals arrested for child pornography charges who were 16-20 years old at the time of the arrest" would probably get you what you want. Do a Google search for "How to do a Freedom of Information request in " and you'll find out lots of info.
ReplyDeleteI was arrested for this when I was 20, I was just downloading porn from an IRC Server and happened to get access to CP but beleve it was placed on my PC by the police.
ReplyDeletePiyush Jindal (Bobby Brady Jindal) doth protest too much.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a personal vendetta.
He should have personal experience around being treated as a second class citizen being of Hindu descent.