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Elderly sex offender gets long sentence for not checking ID before taking dirty pictures

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story out of Michigan, which is headlined "Sex offender, 73, confused why his photos of nude teens caused such a legal fuss," reports on an interesting case involving an old pervert getting in big trouble for not figuring out how to refine his prurient interests.  Here are the details: Charles Judson Holbrook, sentenced twice for being a child sexual predator, says he doesn't understand why his photography of nude teens has caused such a fuss.  Holbrook, 73 ... was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison Tuesday by Kent County Circuit Judge James Robert Redford for taking pictures of girls as young as 14 in exchange for money they used for drugs and shopping. The incidents occurred between 2003 and 2009 involving three girls, all now older than 18, who lived in or had a friend living in Holbrook's neighborhood...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).