Barry Artiste Op/Ed
Shocked? Only a sentence of one year in prison? Certainly is shocking to me, when Justices profess to crackdown on Child Porn!
Let’s just put it this way, both sides are shocked by this decision, but then are we really, really surprised when the Government of Manitoba and Premier Gary Doer (photo inset) obviously “Don’t” when it comes to the seriousness of Child Porn, but then Manitoba is run by the New Democratic Party, where it even seems Criminals get a Hug, judging by this slap on the wrist!
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/10/04/6976576-sun.html
One-year sentence shocks child porn distributor
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
The Winnipeg Sun It was a moment a long time in coming, and when it did, Phillip Stiff was dumbfounded.
The 30-year-old Winnipeg man gasped in disbelief yesterday as a judge sentenced him to one year in prison for distributing child pornography.
The sentencing came six years after police caught Stiff in possession of one of the largest and most meticulously organized collections of child pornography the province has ever seen.
Judge Rocky Pollack roasted both the Crown and defence for the lengthy road to sentencing, which was blamed on a variety of factors including changes in lawyers, slow disclosure and new charges that were ultimately stayed.
Stiff was arrested after police in Europe launched an investigation that led to a porn collector in Victoria who had records of a computer correspondence with Stiff.
Police seized a computer from his Burrows Avenue home containing more than 88,000 still images of child pornography and 575 movie clips.
The collection was organized by category and included images of children involved in “posing,” extreme sex acts and bondage.
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