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Pedophile who claimed child porn kept him from molesting kids gets two (consecutive!) life sentences for the porn

By Douglas A. Berman

Especially in the wake of the recent robust debate on this blog concerning police stings and on-line child sex offenses (following this post), I found this new state sentencing story out of Texas quite intriguing.  The piece is headlined "Child pornographer gets two life terms; Previously served 10 yrs in prison for molestation," and here are the specifics: A 35-year-old Round Rock man is getting two life sentences -- to run consecutively -- after he pleaded guilty to two counts of promotion of child pornography. The case surrounding Kevin Charles Baley came to light in April 2010 when an undercover investigator from New Hampshire contacted the Round Rock Police Department saying Baley had been corresponding online with the investigator -- who had been pretending to be a 13-year-old boy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 26, 2011 (boomark / email).