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Married father of young children facing 20 years in jail for downloading child porn walks from from court as New York judge lashes out at 'harsh sentences'
dailymail.co.uk
A married father-of-five who admitted downloading child porn and taking part in video-chats with young girls has been allowed to walk free from a New York court.
The 52-year-old, who is identified only by his initials 'R.V.' in court documents, was facing up to 20 years behind bars for downloading images featuring men sexually assaulting girls as young as three.
Judge Jack Weinstein, who has been reprimanded for linnet sentences involving child porn before, ripped up guidelines which had called for at least six and a half years in jail for R.V.
Justifying the sentence in an extraordinary 98-page decision published in the New York Law Journal yesterday, Judge Weinstein said jailing R.V. was 'not in the interests of justice'.
He wrote: 'It will cause serious harm to his young children by depriving them of a loving father and role model, and will strip R.V. of the opportunity to heal through continued sustained treatment and the support of his close family.'
The judge also said that 'shifting societal norms' around what was considered 'acceptable pornography' had played a role in his lenient decision.
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