No prison time for Lincoln County man charged with possession of child porn

[u/Killer_Quinn420]

https://www.keloland.com/news/no-prison-time-for-lincoln-county-man-charged-with-possession-of-child-porn/

https://dakotawarcollege.com/rocky-hayes-sentenced-to-120-days-for-child-porn-must-register-as-sex-offender/ Rocky Hayes managed to avoid big boy jail today for possessing child porn he claims to have downloaded 20 years ago yet managed to hang on to since, uploading it to dropbox which was not around 20 years ago: While we might question the light sentence, I think we can take solace that he is on the sex-offender registry, and has a 10 year sentence hanging over his head if he re-offends.

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[u/Killer_Quinn420]

Tuesday, (11-26) a Circuit Court Judge sentenced Rocky Hayes, 48, to 120 days on electronic home monitoring with work release. (Yes, house arrest with work release)

Here is why.

The videos deemed child porn are old. Hayes says he downloaded the videos two decades ago. Hayes says he downloaded the videos two decades ago. There were only five videos. Child sex offenders typically have thousands of images and videos. Forensic investigation of his computers found no search history for child porn, either.

A psychosexual evaluation by a doctor who specializes in sex offenders indicated Hayes is not a threat to children or the public.

Along with 120 days of electronic home monitoring with work release he will pay a $1,000 fine and will be on supervised probation for four years.

Hayes’ full sentence which was handed down is 10 years in the state penitentiary, but the judge suspended all 10 years.

[u/Killer_Quinn420]

Lincoln County State’s Attorney Tom Wollman released the following statement concerning the Hayes case.

“...Following a search of Hayes’ home and office, investigators located a handful of videos identified as child pornography, as well as roughly two dozen videos identified as child exploitive material. It is believed that the child pornography was downloaded and saved to a device likely in the early 2000’s and that the Defendant had possessed those same videos throughout the last roughly twenty years, transferring them from one external memory device to another. Defendant’s conviction for one count of possession of child pornography will require him to register on South Dakota’s Sex Offender Registry.”

He never deleted any of it. He had about 30 videos for like 25 years. How in the fuck is he not a danger to society or kids?

[u/Killer_Quinn420]