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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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06 Dec 2005 11:01:59 PM |
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Anti-Gay Christian sentenced. Yep, child porn again. |
From The Associated Press, 12/6/05:
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20051206/0108455858..htm
Former Scout Exec Sentenced in Porn Case
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -
A former Boy Scouts executive was sentenced Monday to eight years in
prison for collecting child pornography from the Internet.
Douglas S, Smith, Jr., 62, an executive in the Boy Scouts of America
at the time he was charged, pleaded guilty in March to one count of
possessing child porn.
``The good news is that the court certainly harmed Mr. Smith a lot
less than the court could have,'' said Jack Strickland, Smith's
attorney.
``They take these cases very seriously, as they should.''
Smith had faced between five and 20 years in prison.
He did not immediately return a call Monday to his home seeking
comment.
In a statement to the court, Smith apologized to his wife and three
sons, church members and friends, and the Boy Scouts for the pain and
humiliation he caused.
U.S. District Judge Terry Means ordered Smith to surrender to prison
officials Jan. 9.
In March, Smith acknowledged receiving and sending over the Internet
more than 500 images of boys, some younger than age 12, posing nude or
engaging in sex acts.
Smith worked for the Boy Scouts for 39 years, the last nine as a
national program director, but he did not work directly with children
in his most recent job, Boy Scouts officials have said.
He resigned in February after the allegations surfaced.
Court records show that Smith, who was not accused of or charged with
child molestation, checked into a sex addiction clinic this summer and
also helped federal agents arrest and indict a Pittsburgh, Pa., man
with whom he shared and traded child pornography.
Prosecutors agreed that Smith deserved leniency in his sentence for
his assistance.
After his release, Smith must spend the rest of his life under federal
supervision, the judge ordered.
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Douglas S. Smith was the Boy Scouts of America's director of
programming. He was chairman of the Scout's Youth Protection League,
responsible for alerting scout leaders to the dangers of predators on
the Internet. Smith has defended the Scouts' bigoted policies against
gays. He's also now been caught with child pornography on this
computer.
Harry
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| User: "Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Gay Christian sentenced. Yep, child porn again. |
07 Dec 2005 01:39:05 PM |
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Well, pedophiles are okay in the Boy Scouts of America, but just
imagine the horror and public OUTRAGE if it had been discovered he was
an atheist!
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| User: "SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim" |
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| Title: Re: Anti-Gay Christian sentenced. Yep, child porn again. |
07 Dec 2005 05:46:09 AM |
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family values, family values, family fucking values
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