Man could face 3,000-year jail sentence in child pornography case

A Hobe Sound man could face more than 3,000 years of jail time after a judge denied a motion by his attorney to dismiss his case that charges him with 200 counts of child pornography. Matthew Taby's attorney, Richard Kibbey, argued for dismissal on the grounds that the law, which attaches a minimum of 10 years of jail time per count, was unconstitutional. [...]

But assistant state attorney Vicki Nichols said each image and video was a separate crime and should be punished as such. "We're allowed to overkill because (Taby) committed a thousand crimes," Nichols said. “He's the reason he's facing thousands of years (in jail)."

source: Article 'Matthew Taby: Hobe Sound man could face 3,000-year jail sentence in child pornography case' by Sade M. Gordon; www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_martin_county/hobe_sound/matthew-taby-hobe-sound-man-could-face-3000-years-jail-sentence-in-child-pornography-case; wptv.com; 21 February 2013