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Committing a Life Felony without Leaving Home

By M. James Jenkins, Esq.

The internet has improved our lives in many ways. We can now chat with people all over the world, have information at our fingertips better than any encyclopedia sold in days gone by could provide, arrange travel ourselves, etc. ? overall it can make managing our lives much more convenient. However, in the criminal sphere, is it is now possible for someone to commit a crime without leaving their home that could result in their spending the rest of their life in prison. In federal courts in Florida and around the country, people, predominantly men, are being convicted of possession and distribution of child pornography resulting in extremely lengthy federal prison sentences. On the average, sentences imposed upon most of these offenders, who have little or no criminal histories whatsoever, are eight years or more...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Blog on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).