Man Downloads Child Porn “Accidentally,” Faces Up To 20 Years in Prison

December 5th, 2009 admin

Downloading child pornography is not a crime to be taken lightly. While we’ve all seen the To Catch a Predator episodes, it may come as shock to find out that the mere presence of child pornography on your computer’s hard drive is enough to send you to prison for 20 years. Matthew White of Sacramento is learning this lesson the hard way. The 22 year-old man is facing hard time for downloading child porn, “accidentally.” White claims that after using Limewire to…


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