A Pownal, Vt., man was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Albany on Wednesday to more than 21 years imprisonment on two charges of possessing child pornography.
Edward K. Carnes of Blueberry Hill Road in Pownal pleaded guilty to the charges in March of this year. He had faced a possible sentence of 10 to 20 years for each count.
Carnes spoke to Judge Gary Sharpe about that matter, claiming that he did not know about the illegality of the images. Carnes also admitted to the judge that he was a pedophile.
"I don't believe it's a disease," Carnes said. "It's not an illness that can be cured with medication.I believe it's something you're born with."
Carnes told Sharpe that he had been attracted to young boys all his life, and had considered killing himself and his family before his first arrest for molestation in 1998.
Too bad he didn't at least kill himself.
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