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Man Gets 12-Year Jail Sentence For Planting Child Porn On Enemy's Computer
An anonymous reader writes with an update to a story we discussed in August about Neil Weiner, a man who sought to ruin the life of a school caretaker by planting child pornography on his computer. Weiner has now been convicted on two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
"The judge told Weiner that his plot to have Mr. Thompson sacked and prosecuted very nearly succeeded. Police had been careful not to make public their arrest of the caretaker and only informed those at the school who needed to know, he said. 'But you gratuitously and spitefully informed the local press so that he and his wife suffered the distress of the unwelcome publicity which followed.' Mr. Thompson's health and that of his wife suffered. The judge said: 'There are still those who believe, and probably always will, that he is a pedophile. I am wholly satisfied that Mr. Thompson is innocent.' ... Weiner had discovered the caretaker's password by looking over his shoulder one day and been caught doing so. When Mr. Thompson was asked why he did not change it, he said he wished he had, adding: 'Who in their worst nightmares would could have thought that anyone could stoop to do what he did?'"
You shouldn't be fired because you watch FOX News. You should be rehabilitated.
...And this wouldn't be a lot less of a problem if society weren't conditioned to grossly overreact and gang-stalk people because of a few images. In before slippery slope assholes who believe that every person who looks up heroin online is destined to be a junkie.
Mod parent up! If this case teaches us anything, it teaches us that we should get rid of laws which criminalize possession of child pornography. I have yet to hear one good argument as to why possession should be illegal. (Obviously, manufacture of child pornography using real children should be criminal; I'm talking about possession here.)
If I can be modded down for being a troll, can I be modded up for being an orc, or a balrog?
I guess it would've been better if he had just simply killed someone.