2/27/2006
Porn addict violates two young boys
Earlier this month, 33 year old Robert Michael Ward, of Dixon, Illinois, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole, and ordered to forfeit to the government two computers as well as CDs and floppy disks containing child pornography. He will also be required to spend the rest of his life under federal supervised release after his prison term.
The reason for the sentence? This pervert was not only caught with child pornography, but was convicted of sexual abuse against two young boys -- one was 13 years-old, and the other victim was 11 years-old.
The fact of this tragic crime, like my previous post, is the obvious connection between pornography (especially child pornography) and sexual abuse. In this case, this child molester had more than 600 files containing child pornography on two different computers and a number of data disks. Most of these illegal pictures were obtained over the Internet.
According to news reports, the computer images of child pornography included prepubescent boys in sexual poses, bondage of children and anal penetration of young boys. The files depicted children engaged in sexual conduct with themselves, other children, and/or adults, or posing in various states of undress.
It is interesting to note that in handing down the sentence, the judge ordered the pervert to hand over both computers. Similarly, my previous post about the Farmer City pervert who attacked two young girls was ordered to avoid use of the Internet as a term of probation. The judges in these cases seem to recognize the fact that the Internet plays a significant role in the motivation of these sex crimes against children.
Again I ask -- when will our elected officials in Springfield see this obvious connection and enact a law requiring Internet filtering in our public schools and libraries? Why wouldn't they want to protect our children and communities from sex predators? What special interest group could possibly persuade them not to act in the best interest of our children, families and communities?
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