A B.C. man convicted on child pornography charges has been allowed to serve his sentence in the community, in part because of the “relatively modest” size of his collection, a judge has ruled.
“Although there is no strict mathematical relationship between the size of the collection and the length (or indeed type) of sentence, the size of a collection has often been held to be an aggravating factor,” Tam wrote.
Despite pleading guilty to the charges, Keenan maintained that he is not sexually attracted to children, and had only stumbled upon the child pornography in 2017 while “searching for other images such as sunsets and beaches,” according to the decision.
Keenan said was appalled by what he found, and decided to start a Tumblr blog to lure out paedophiles so he could report them to the site’s moderators in a kind of “undercover sting.”
The judge was not convinced.
Got another “Dear Zachary” brewing up north!
I mean, who hasn’t accidentally downloaded CSAM when searching for “sunsets and beaches”, right?
The person pled guilty to distributing it too. The children were as young as 9.
Untill I saw this I was wondering if we were talking 17 year old girls or something. I was trying to have some optimism that the guy thought they were legal or something. But 9. There is no mistaking that. And who even downloads the pictures they find on the web. Total BS.
WTF?
Somebody check the judge’s hard drive.
“relatively modest” size of his collection, a judge has ruled.
Compared too?
It really reads like a pedo giving out a sick burn to another pedo…your collection isn’t even big enough to earn jail time. What is this amateur hour?
Despite pleading guilty to the charges, Keenan maintained that he is not sexually attracted to children, and had only stumbled upon the child pornography in 2017 while “searching for other images such as sunsets and beaches,” according to the decision.
He stumbled upon them in 2017 while searching for other innocuous images and just decided to save them and not delete them for 8 years. Seems like completely normal, well-adjusted behavior.
Actually reading the link, he was arrested in 2018. It’s not very exculpatory to say “His CSAM collection wasn’t eight years old, it was only one year old,” but it’s true I guess.
Keep reading, he started a blog with them to “attract and report pedos”
The FBI has run dozens of CSAM sites as honeypots, they should hire him
I did read it. The Tumblr blog is what was reported to police, leading to his arrest in 2018, roughly a year after the offending began. The original commenter was under the mistaken impression that his offenses went undetected until 2025, or roughly eight years. I corrected a misunderstanding about years.
Investigate that judge. Also, dude needs to be kept away from children.
A “relatively modest” collection of child porn is zero. This alone should be grounds to seize and search all of the judges devices.
“Judge not convinced by flimsy excuse” doesn’t really strike me as worthy of the Onion.
The defendants story makes up for it
