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"Former lawmaker gets 5 years for child porn"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this AP article about a New Jersey state child porn sentencing decision, which gets started this way: A former Democratic state assemblyman who championed legislation to fight child pornography was sentenced Thursday to a five-year term for viewing nude images of underage girls. The state Corrections Department will decide within 10 days whether Neil Cohen, 59, will serve his term in prison or a mental hospital. He could be eligible for release and placed under intense supervision in several months. Cohen represented Union County for 17 years. He resigned from the legislature after his July 2008 arrest. Appearing pale and unsteady, Cohen did not speak during sentencing. His lawyer, Mark Tuohey, told the judge Cohen has been suicidal and has chronic depression, among other mental-health issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).