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Possessing child pornography is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, but becomes a second-degree felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, in cases involving 10 or more images. Florida's sentencing guidelines, from which a judge may deviate only in extraordinary circumstances, prescribe a <i>minimum</i> term of 208 years for the charges [Matthew] Tabey [Taby] faces, even though he has no criminal record. [...]<br>
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No one deserves a life sentence for looking at forbidden pictures, no matter how loathsome. Assuming it should be treated as a crime at all, possession of child pornography is certainly not on the same moral plane as, say, mass murder. A life sentence is far more severe than the punishment prescribed by Florida law for crimes that are indisputably worse. If Taby had produced child pornography instead of merely viewing it, he would have faced a much lighter sentence: up to 15 years, with no mandatory minimum.<br>
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<i>source: Article 'Should People Who Look at Child Porn Go to Prison for Thousands of Years or Only Hundreds?' by Jacob Sullum; reason.com/blog/2013/02/22/should-people-who-look-at-child-pornogra; Reason.com; 22 February 2013</i>

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