4chan Member Gets Jail Time For Sending Dirty Pics To School

[whiffleball]

The Philadelphia Daily News says that Person 1 is 18 now, so he was underage when the photos were taken.

I don't understand the language of any of these articles. When they say "sent to the school", do they mean he e-mailed the entire student body the photos or just the school administration?

And how is this stalking? This Person 1 idiot took the photos himself and posted them online himself. This is in no way similar to the Florida incident mentioned in the News Time article other than the fact that some 4chan users "hoped he would commit suicide".

 

[maddawg IAJI]

The Philadelphia Daily News says that Person 1 is 18 now, so he was underage when the photos were taken.

I don't understand the language of any of these articles. When they say "sent to the school", do they mean he e-mailed the entire student body the photos or just the school administration?

And how is this stalking? This Person 1 idiot took the photos himself and posted them online himself. This is in no way similar to the Florida incident mentioned in the News Time article other than the fact that some 4chan users "hoped he would commit suicide".

Its a plea bargain. It saves time if the defense just admits guilt and often the Judge strikes a deal with them.

If you, for example, are taken in for committing a crime, I as a judge could offer to lower the sentence for some honesty.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

So were the pictures of 'Person No 1' taken before he was 18 then? Or is it because you have to be 21?

I probably haven't read this properly.

High school implies before 18, since most people graduate high school at about 17...

Child porn eh? He's not gonna have a good time in prison. Stalking plea bargain or no... People in prison don't fuck with that shit, and they HATe anything to do with under-age abuse

 

[whiffleball]

Its a plea bargain. It saves time if the defense just admits guilt and often the Judge strikes a deal with them.

If you, for example, are taken in for committing a crime, I as a judge could offer to lower the sentence for some honesty.

Except it still has to be a crime that you can reasonably be committed of. A ridiculous example would be if someone is accused of shooting and murdering someone and they are charged with littering, as in the bullet. That at still, albeit ridiculously, still relates to the action that happened. You can't change the situation entirely.

Also, if the guy did provide the photos to the school administration under the pretense that it was for disciplinary reasons, though that probably wasn't his intention, how does that count as distribution? If I discover illicit photos of a minor and send them to the police, can I be convicted of distribution?

Though I guess with the info that the school immediately involved the authorities, the 4chan guy probably sent the photos to the whole school.

 

[mjc0961]

an 18-year-old

possession and distribution of child pornography

...wut?

The Philadelphia Daily News says that Person 1 is 18 now, so he was underage when the photos were taken.

Ah, okay. Got it.

Still, "Person 1" should be in trouble too. If the second guy is in trouble for distributing child porn, so should the guy who originally created it and distributed it to others.

 

[Milkman Dan]

"4chan member." Right. There's no registration. Anyone can look at the site, post comments on it, or upload pictures. If all of that had taken place through Live Messenger or whatever, would he be described as a "Microsoft member"?

 

[ishist]

I bet they would have tried to send him to jail for distributing child porn if he had sent them to the FBI too. Bean guilty of child pron? Hell No. Bean Guilty of Stalking? Hardly. Bean guilty of Defamation? Probably.

Bean didn't make the pictures, presumably didn't request the pictures, and presumably only distributed the pictures to "authorities". If I had been in his shoes and wanted to teach the little punk a valuable life lesson I would have sent the pictures to his parents.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I'm confused...uploaded nudes of an 18 year old aren't CP...

And if he distributed them on a message board, like say - this one - anyone reading that site would have them cached.

And people hoped he would commit suicide? That sounds like a normal internet conversation, rarely to be taken seriously.

I have a strong feeling this kid is being made an example of over fears of "cyber-paedo-terrorism", or whatever they're calling it these days.

 

[almostgold]

Donald Goldberg, who served as Bean's defense attorney, argued that the jail time could do serious harm to his client, who would likely be a target for sexual predators inside the prison. Goldberg claimed that Bean's arrest was a major wake-up call and that his client is a "shy, very vulnerable young man, who is sweet beyond belief."

No!!!!! We can't send shy kids to prison!

On a serious note, good. I'm always glad to see scum get caught.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Is it weird I'm on the "guy from 4chan's" side?

Yes. The guy broke the law so, under the current system, he goes to jail. Yaaaay current system.

OT: Jail time, sending pictures of under-age people is illegal and he should go to jail for it. I just hope to God that's all he did, we don't need another of his kind in this world.

 

[Sennz0r]

Oh damn, federal prison. Yeah he should be watching his back. As soon as someone gets wind of the kid having distributed child porn it doesn't matter what the specifics of the case are, he's fucked. Literally.

 

[almostgold]

Oh damn, federal prison. Yeah he should be watching his back. As soon as someone gets wind of the kid having distributed child porn it doesn't matter what the specifics of the case are, he's fucked. Literally.

More likely just get the SHIT beat out of him... actually, more likely both. But hey, you save some child pornography on your computer, getting your face stomped in by 300lbs gang members in a jailyard is a risk your agreeing to. Fucker.

 

[KiKiweaky]

4 chans random boards are :/ the stuff you can find on it would get nuked if it was put on here. Unmoderated content can be hilarious but its also perilously close to the arse end of the internet, which is damaging to your sanity.

 

[Rienimportant]

If he sent it to the whole school, that's seriously messed up. Messed up enough to be sending for the pictures, for whatever reason. Although I definitely think the kid has some issues that need to be dealt with, if nothing other than being a complete tool, but even if he notified someone to "teach the kid a lesson," no need to send the pics unless it's going for an actual, intelligent reason.

But also, for the people wondering if the kid should be in trouble, if I remember correctly, some girl got in deep trouble for taking and sending nude pictures of herself (also underage), and was going to be charged with creation and distribution. But I never heard the outcome, so maybe nothing happened.

 

[TimeLord]

Cyber-policing at it's finest. But you can't police the entire internet.

Also; loving the seal. I am betting it will be seen a lot around the forums.

 

[DPunch4]

This is utterly disgusting. Threatening a young man with 5 years of JAIL time for a prank on a dumbass who clearly deserved it. Don't go flashing your wang on the internet unless you're prepared for the consequences! So does that mean that every person who visits /b/ is deemed a pedophile by the law? Seeing as thumbnails of clearly under 18 girls and guys are on their computers.

I'm surprised the prosecutors even knew the internet exists.

And yes I realize he would have saved those himself and that he did send it to them, but it's a ridiculous case.

 

[Womplord]

He probably should be punished for this. It's probably not the most serious thing ever, and he certainly doesn't seem to be dangerous or anything, but a crime is a crime. That said, he gets points for being hilarious.

If its not serious... and he doesn't seem to be dangerous... then why does he need to be punished? I think it's disgusting that they are sending this guy to prison for this. It's stupid how these borderline differences matter so much. 'Oh, the guy in the images was 17 and a half, he should burn.'

Oh damn, federal prison. Yeah he should be watching his back. As soon as someone gets wind of the kid having distributed child porn it doesn't matter what the specifics of the case are, he's fucked. Literally.

More likely just get the SHIT beat out of him... actually, more likely both. But hey, you save some child pornography on your computer, getting your face stomped in by 300lbs gang members in a jailyard is a risk your agreeing to. Fucker.

Do you think people deserve this sort of punishment just for having a few images of people who are almost 18? Why should it make so much difference? Seriously, they're just images...

 

[ph0b0s123]

Is it me or has this story been posted twice. Came to check it again after leaving comments and could not find mine. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.258285-4chan-Member-Gets-Jail-Time-For-Sending-Dirty-Pics-To-School#9719885. Bit of house keeping please...

Here is what I put in the 'other thread'...

I know I am dumb, but I don't get this story. The person in the pictures was 18? How is that child porn. But he was also at school?

Also if the person who emailed the pictures to the school is being punished for child porn why not the person who originaly took the photos and put them on the internet. I am confused....

Edit: Ok get it now. Read the linked articles. the person photo'ed is 18 now. So under 18 in the photo's. Just waiting for all the pedo comments as that has nothing to do with this case as it was all about on-line bullying. And if anyone should be charged with distributing child porn it should be the muppet who posted pics of himself in the first place.

So this is a case of muppet A thinking it would be a great idea to post explicit underage photos of himself. And muppet B who gets those photos and hatches a brilliant scheme to embarrass muppet A into killing himself, by sending the photo's to his school.

News flash - internet is full of muppets.