Perv dies in prison

John Kopkowski, 42, was pronounced dead at the San Diego Central Jail at about 9:34 a.m. San Diego, Cali. time Thursday, Feb. 12. According to Bethel Police Officer Shane Bininger preliminary reports indicate that Kopkowski jumped from the second level of a building at the jail while in protective custody, falling to his death.
The Bethel Police Department began investigating Kopkowski on Dec. 12 after a Bethel computer repair technician came forward with the allegation that he had found disturbing images on Kopkowski’s computer. The Bethel PD along with the Batavia Police Department executed a warrant on Kopkowski’s home in Batavia on Dec. 14. The officers confiscated two computers which contained hundreds of images containing children in various states of nudity and engaging in sexual acts.

Child Rapist Gets 60 Years In Prison

A Sioux Falls man is headed to prison for 60 years for raping a girl so young she was still wearing diapers. A judge sentenced 38-year-old Barry Thunder Thursday afternoon for one count of rape and four counts of making child porn.

Even though a jury convicted him of raping a three-year-old girl and recording the crime with a cell phone, Thunder still claimed in court Thursday he's not guilty. He's now headed to prison for six decades to think about the crime he says he didn't do.

Even though Thunder is not accepting responsibilty for the videos and the rape, the prosecution believes the community is now safer after the sentence.

Uncommon Desires

He's tall, thin, balding and looks a lot like Jeffrey Bezos. Lawrence Stanley is a fugitive, wanted in Canada and the Netherlands on sexual abuse charges, his last known whereabouts is somewhere in Brazil where he's hiding out to escape extradition for the charges he claims are all "false."

It didn't used to be this way though, Lawrence used to be a practicing attorney in New York who coincidentally specialized in defending men being charged with child pornography, and who also at one point defended NAMBLA. Of course, Lawrences' involvement with the subject of child pornography didn't stop at just defending his clients - outside of the court room, Lawrence was an avid defender of child pornography:

Children have enjoyed... adult-child sexual encounters...[and] being nude before a camera.

So-called child pornography-which tends to be loosely defined-is another expanding category of constitutionally unprotected speech.

There is no question but that the propaganda concerning child pornography has been and continues to be used by law enforcement officials and politicans, religious leaders, and the media to create confusion, feelings of powerlessness, and fear among the populace,

The largest child-pornography ring in the United States is run by the Government. It is possible that without Uncle Sam, there would be no child-porn business.

Stanley espoused his pedophile propaganda in the form of a newsletter titled "Uncommon Desires," which featured nude photos of young girls and described itself as "the voice of a politically conscious girl-love underground."

Some of the pedophiles who used to read "Uncommon Desires" are still around and can be found on GirlChat, continuing the rumors first started by Stanley.

Dissident:

I will say again that I think it's VERY strange that the government absolutely refuses (in most cases) to let objective journalists view the material to determine if it's really as 'horrible' as we are told, if it's really as prevelant as we are told, and if the kids who appear in these vids and pics are really as young as they claim. But the police continue to refuse. Are the police known for their honesty?

Like Jeff Bezos, Stanley set-up an online bookstore "Alessandra's Smile," except that Stanleys bookstore sold exclusively pro-pedophilia and 'child erotica' books and magazines (some of which are available on Amazon.com). Stanley also started his own publishing company "Ophelia Editions," which produced photographic books under the guise of "art," but which consisted of nude photographs of little girls.

There are many books for sale on Amazon.com which were published by Lawrence Stanleys "Ophelia Editions," including one book authored by Stanley himself, under the pseudonym "L.A. Stanaman." These books were published for the sexual pleasure of pedophiles, depicting children being taken advantage of - used by a pervert who manipulates the legal system. And despite our protest, Amazon.com continues to assist in, and profit off of the exploitation of these children, selling books published by a man the pedophile community describes as:

Dissident:

...Aristoff (Lawrence Stanley) ran a quality online store for GLer's (Girl-Lovers) there.

Cindy Brady:

The police branded him: "The Most Dangereous Pedophile Out There". That's because he knew the law, and got around it as best he could.

Aligater:

We need to thank aristoff (Lawrence Stanley) for the wonderful contributions he has made to our (the pedophile) coummunity, not criticize him.

Strider@thepub:

As for Stanley, we may have lost a fellow traveler, and a staunch ally.

Humanist:

He is also known as "L.A. Stanaman", and as such, he is well known as a girl-love photographer.

You can can contact Amazon.com with your concerns about the material they sell through the following e-mail addresses.

Amazon.coms board of directors:

jbezos@amazon.com jeffb@amazon.com jeff@amazon.com	- Jeffrey Bezos, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
tom@madrona.com	- Tom Alberg, Madrona Venture Group
jsb@johnseelybrown.com	- John Seely Brown, Visiting Scholar and Advisor to the Provost at USC
johnd@kpcb.com	- John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
wgordon@ea.com	- William B. Gordon, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
alain.monie@ingrammicro.com	- Alain Monié, Ingram Micro Inc.
mpotter@gene.com potter.myrtle@gene.com	- Myrtle Potter, Myrtle Potter and Company, LLC
thomas.ryder@rd.com	- Thomas Ryder, Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
patty.stonesifer@gatesfoundation.org	- Patricia Stonesifer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Amazon.coms Officers:

ajassy@amazon.com	- Andrew Jassy, Senior Vice President, Web Services
stevenk@amazon.com	- Steven Kessell, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Digital Media
marco@amazon.com	- Marc Onetto, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations
diegop@amazon.com	- Diego Piacentini, Senior Vice President, International Retail
shelleyr@amazon.com	- Shelley Reynolds, Vice President, Wordwide Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
jwilke@amazon.com or jeffreyw@amazon.com or jeffw@amazon.com	- Jeff Wilke, Senior Vice President, North America Retail
szkutak@amazon.com	- Thomas Szkutak, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Other high-level Amazon.com staff:

werner@allthingsdistributed.com	- Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Amazon.com
selipsky@amazon.com	- Adam Selipsky, Vice President
rabuchin@amazon.com	- Steve Rabuchin, Director
freed@amazon.com	- Ian Freed, Vice President, Digital
michellew@amazon.com	- Michelle Wilson, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
swheeler@amazon.com	- Sam Wheeler, Director, Advertising & Partnerships
bcarr@amazon.com	- Bill Carr, Vice President, Digital Media
jvaria@amazon.com	- Jinesh Varia, Web Services Evangelist
cbodell@yahoo.com	- Colin Bodell, Vice President, Platform Operations of Amazon.com
awseditor@amazon.com	- Mike Culver, Web Services Evangelist
jeff@vertexdev.com or jbarr@amazon.com	- Jeff Barr, Lead Web Services Evangelist
simoneb@amazon.lu or simone.brunozzi@gmail.com	- Simone Brunozzi, European Web Services

jacey posted at 12:09 AM |

Cross posted from http://absolutezerounited.blogspot.com/

Warning over kids' holiday photos on internet

EXPERTS ARE warning parents not to put holiday snaps of their children online because they could end up in a child porn collection.

NetSafe spokesperson Lee Chisholm says authorities have found holiday photographs of children, pulled off the internet, in collections of child abuse images.

And Auckland psychologist Nathan Gaunt, an expert in online sex abuse and pornography, says some men who view child abuse images are actively trawling the internet for "child-next-door images".

"There has definitely been huge interest in `normal' images of children," Gault says. "There are people out there who do have an interest in school websites, or holiday snaps. These pictures are very real to people, so of course people who have a sexual interest in images of children find that quite interesting," he says.

He says some men will conjure up fantasies around a picture of a child, while others will find a text-based story on the internet, then go looking for a picture to match: "say, a red-headed eight-year-old".

Others, who have collections of images of a particular child being abused, will search for lookalike children on the internet to add to the fantasy.

DVD sales of 'Hounddog' a concern

A campaign is under way against sales of the DVD of the movie Hounddog.

Child star Dakota Fanning is in the film, which many family advocates have said is not suitable for children -- or for adults. Donna Miller, who serves as a chapter leader with Concerned Women for America of North Carolina and heads up the "No More Child Porn" campaign, agrees.

"Parents need to know that it's an R-rated movie," she states. "There is a graphic child rape scene. Also there are several sexual situations with Dakota Fanning's character."

Miller explains why the film is not even acceptable for adults. "A former molester contacted me and told me that this type of movie was very dangerous for people with a perverted sexual habit," she shares.

"Right now, Amazon.com has it on their website for pre-ordering. That's my concern initially," says Miller.

No jail sentence in child porn case

Dante Dimidio could have faced 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.

But an Adams County judge on Monday imposed a sentence with no jail time, saying he was convinced Dimidio has taken responsibility for the crime of which he was convicted and the problems behind it.

What? A slap on the hand? Because he took responsibility? Another injustice by a Judge.

According to court documents, Dimidio's roommate told college officials that Dimidio had downloaded pornographic images of girls ages 12 through 14.

State police seized his computer and CDs in May. He had more than 4,000 images of child pornography.

Tell Judge Kuhn what you think of people who seek and download child porn.

President Judge
John D. Kuhn
Court of Common Pleas of Adams County
Adams County Courthouse
111-117 Baltimore Street, Rm. 414
Gettysburg, PA 17325
717-337-9848

No Child Molester Has Ever Been Cured

Therapy does not change a person’s sexual proclivities - otherwise one would be able to change homosexuality.

I turned to a renowned criminal profiler from the American Violent Crimes Institute, Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, to comment on the Toronto-based psychotherapist’s statements.

- What I see are the offenders who do act on their desires. You have to remember that those who are sexually attracted to children have a deviant compulsion. I have been studying sex crimes for 2 decades and working with police here in the United States on thousands of cases, and almost exclusively, if an adult is using child pornography, he is on the way to becoming an offender – the profiler said.

- Another thing about pornography is that people who are addicted to it are trying to get emotional needs met that cannot be met in that way; so many of them escalate, looking for more varied and extreme types of pornography. An addictive process is a vicious circle with the motto: "if it's not working, do it more"--which sometimes means more recklessly. Under present-day laws, people who watch child pornography are endangering themselves.

- They are not content to just look. They are always trying to get more to feed their fantasies. After a while, the photos are just not enough, and they begin going out and stalking children. All of the child molestation cases I have worked started in the offenders’ childhoods where they found themselves attracted to other children. This attraction never left them, so when they grew up, they secretly searched for child pornography. After that, they became molesters.

- And that is just what it is: a compulsion. Well functioning adults are aroused by adults, not children. This is not normal and bound to create a great deal of emotional difficulty for the person experiencing the deviant desires – profiler Schurman-Kauflin told Javno.

- In nearly all of the cases that I have worked with psychotherapy has been successful. I help the client to make lifestyle changes and build better relationships. For some it is fairly quick and easy, but others have a lot to learn about how to have good relationships, and that takes longer – psychotherapist Beth Mares maintains.

- I have never seen a case where a child molester was cured. Therapy does not change a person’s sexual proclivities-otherwise one would be able to change homosexuality. And we all know that homosexuality is not something that can be changed. I would venture to say that if an individual is sexually aroused by child pornography, that person would not be above hiding it. I would not believe one word from the mouth of a person who masturbates while watching children.

80 percent of Internet child porn victims under 10 years old

The true horror of Internet child pornography has been revealed by the Internet Watch Foundation, a UK organisation that works with law enforcement agencies to help prevent such abuse.

That new survey, published to coincide with IWF Awareness day, also reveals the truly shocking statistic that 80 percent of the children featured in these sickening images accessed by the IWF are under 10.

33 percent are under 3, and 10 percent are under 2.

Such figures make you appreciate why the Internet Watch Foundation itself does not refer to these collectively as being child pornography or kiddie porn, as it insists that these terms just serve to legitimise images which are not pornography.

Instead, it says that they are actually permanent records of children being sexually abused and as such should be referred to as 'child sexual abuse images.' To be honest, semantics and language aside, it does not matter what you call them: this is a sickening and evil trade that needs to be policed and prevented.

Sexual predator faces life sentence thanks to "brave girl"

A 50-year-old Bristol man who was convicted earlier this month on three counts of using his computer to sexually exploit children, is facing a sentence of life in prison.

John E, Hargrove, under the screen names "sun warrior48" and "master_4younger_f_slave," used instant messaging from his computer to lure four different minor females into chats in late 2006 and early 2007, according to documents revealed in U.S. District Court.

Evidence revealed in the three-day trial that ended Oct. 3 showed that Hargrove approached the victims after viewing their profile pages on MySpace. Of the four girls, two were actual teenage females and two were undercover law enforcement officers.

Evidence was presented at trial that Hargrove used the Internet to transfer images of child pornography. The photos were of a teen with whom he had an online relationship. The 15-year-old testified at the trial.

"In this case, a very brave girl took the stand to testify against the defendant and proved that victims will stand up for themselves and their rights," said Sharon L. Potter, U.S. attorney for the district, who oversaw the prosecution.

500 Children Names Found In Porn Suspect's Room

A man was caught in a dumpster with child porn.

Now, his case could impact hundreds of young girls. Racine police were looking for a thief near Dr. Jones Elementary School in Racine, when they found Steven Marcsis, Jr. hiding in a dumpster. When police found him, Marcsis had a camera and lewd pictures

Police seized Marcsis’ computer which Marcsis admitted had some 200 illegal pictures of young girls on it.

They also found a list with 500 names, birthdates and addresses of girls.

Those girls and their parents could be getting a surprise letter in the mail Tuesday.

Cameron man gets 50 years for child porn

A Cameron, Mo., man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in a federal prison after being convicted of producing child pornography.

U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey sentenced William S. Price, 45, to 50 years in federal prison without parole.

Mr. Price, formerly a nursing supervisor at the Missouri State Veterans Home, received the maximum possible consecutive sentence of 30 years in prison for producing child pornography and 20 years in prison for receiving child pornography.

The court also ordered Mr. Price to pay $271,675 in restitution to the victim. The charges stem from Mr. Price repeatedly drugging a minor in his custody. After she was unconscious, Mr. Price videotaped himself molesting and raping her.

“This case is a tragic reminder that, behind every image or video of child pornography that’s downloaded over the Internet, there is a very real victim who was sexually assaulted in order to feed a perverse black market,” said John Wood, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

Man jailed for life for child porn

A Bigfork man will spending the rest of his life in jail for sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography.

Ralph Fox, 49, was sentenced to 110 years in prison by the federal court in Missoula.

Ralph Fox had prior sexual assault convictions in California from 1984 but didn't register as a Violent Sexual Offender when he moved to Montana.

Man faces 1,150 years for child pornography

A Stuarts Draft man faces up to 1,150 years in prison after pleading guilty to 98 child pornography and other charges involving a 3-year-old and a teen.

Forrester pleaded guilty to 67 counts of child pornography possession, 13 counts of producing child porn and nine counts of distributing child porn in connection with the 3-year-old girl. Eight additional charges of child porn distribution and one count of taking indecent liberties with a child involved a 15-year-old Connecticut girl.

Child Pornography is Going Mainstream

What you can do to stop this from happening in your community

Concerned Women for America (CWA) of North Carolina is calling all citizens to take action to stop the distribution of Hounddog, a film depicting child rape. CWA of North Carolina created the "No More Child Porn" campaign in July after learning that the North Carolina Department of Commerce gave $387,000 in taxpayer money to producers to shoot the film in North Carolina. This is not an issue exclusive to North Carolina; this movie will debut in theaters nationwide on September 19.

Go here for more info.

Help Pass Senate Bill 1738—The PROTECT Our Children Act

Hundreds of thousands of children are victims of sexual abuse each year. Due to the sheer lack of resources, law enforcement is unable to follow up on the majority of leads they have.

The PROTECT Our Children Act will:

* Authorize over $320 million over the next five years in desperately needed funding for law enforcement to investigate child exploitation.
* Mandate that child rescue be a top priority for law enforcement receiving federal funding.
* Allocate funds for high-tech computer software that can track down Internet predators.

Act Now!Your U.S. senators will be voting on the bill soon, so it is crucial you contact them immediately.Go to www.senate.gov to find contact information for the senators in your state. Search for your senator by name or state by clicking on the arrow from either dropdown menu. Contact information is provided here. To send an e-mail, click on "Web Form" below his or her name, and e-mail your letter to make a difference!

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20080911_tows_predators

Child porn defendant found dead in his home

More good news!

Officers were asked to locate Mark A. Meadows, 44, at Case's Mobile Home Park after he didn't appear for a bond revocation hearing Wednesday in an FBI case, Sparks wrote.

They found Meadows dead in his home, the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Meadows was indicted by a grand jury in March and charged with knowingly receiving, possessing and distributing child pornography.

Friends of Brooke Bennett testify before lawmakers

Jonathan Larson, a Randolph firefighter, arrived at a public hearing on sexual violence Thursday night at the Statehouse with a picture of Brooke Bennett pinned to his crisp white dress shirt.

Larson, a friend of Bennett's family, blamed lenient sex offender statutes for the murder of the 12-year-old girl that sang in his church each Sunday.

"I come before you today very scared of how Vermont is turning out," Larson told a panel of lawmakers. "(Bennett's) death could have been prevented … by installing stricter penalties for sex offenders."

"In front of you are pictures of a precious life that has been lost," said Mary Larson, handing out photographs of Brooke Bennett. "Why? How could this possibly have happened? Never again should even one more child be the victim of a predator who remains free through a series of a broken criminal justice system's failings."

Michael Yates, a father of three and grandfather of eight, walked one mile to attend Thursday's hearing. He told lawmakers they have neglected their duty to protect the public by failing to install 25-year mandatory minimums.

"Every time I look at the news I see these crimes against children and it just tears me up," he said. "I can't understand why the state is letting this happen."

For the friends and family of Bennett, however, only harsh punishments will quell the grief, anger and fear that have accompanied her murder. Laurie Miller, Bennett's middle school basketball coach, sobbed as she recounted the little girl's life.

"Once a sex offender, always a sex offender," she said. "I think they should be in jail for life."

More Internet service providers block child porn

With the click of a mouse and touch a keyboard, you can go anywhere in the World Wide Web. That’s a frightening thought for most parents.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants to help. The father of two is on a mission to get every Internet provider in the state to block child pornography.

Cuomo said, "It's one of those issues that everybody says it's terrible and we've got to do something about it. And years and years go by and we don't do enough."

In the last year and a half, 15 Internet providers in Central New York have agreed to block underage porn sites. But that's not enough. Cuomo says his office and these parents and teachers must also educate children about Internet safety.

Providers that have signed Attorney General's code of conduct:

• AOL
• ClarityConnect
• Clearwire
• Dreamscape/Northland
• Frontier/Citizens
• Earthlink
• Hughes Net
• Localnet
• NTC.net
• Time Warner
• United Online (NetZero, June & Bluelight}
• Verizon
• Westelcom Internet
• Wild Blue
• Windstream

Providers that have not signed Attorney General's Code of Conduct:

• Adams Cable Service
• Art Matrix- LightLink
• Express 56
• Orange County Online
• Spin Internet

URGENT ACTION ALERT!

Left: Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Right: Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

URGENT ACTION ALERT!

On July 4th, law enforcement located over 16,000 computers in the U.S. trafficking in brutal, sadistic child pornography. On that one day, police came very close to rescuing thousands of child sexual assault victims. How? Because experts say in at least 1 out of 3 arrests for these crimes they find local victims. The foul traffic in movies and photos of children being raped and abused -- over 300,000 suspects in 2007 -- leads straight to the door of sexual predators in your community! In other words, law enforcement knows where they are and how to stop them.

Now a bipartisan bill to rescue these children is about to be killed in the Senate! The Biden-Hatch Child Rescue bill (S1738) passed the House last November, by a 415-2 vote. There's nothing controversial about this legislation: it's supported by both Republicans and Democrats. But the Senate is playing politics, which means thousands of young victims who are already located will be left in the hands of sexual predators. Tell Senate leaders to stop the politics and take action now!

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Man sentenced to 21 years in child porn case

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.