Sacramento Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Possession Of Child Porn

Ronald Taylor, 65, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. The defendant had previously plead guilty to possession of images depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct on January 14, 2008.

 

According to Assistant United States Attorney Carolyn K. Delaney, who prosecuted the case, in sentencing the defendant, Judge Damrell acknowledged that the defendant accepted responsibility for re-victimizing the minors portrayed in the images and videos he possessed, and remarked that the market for child pornography was predicated on the false belief that the victimization of the children concluded upon the end of the sexual abuse.

As the government pointed out, however, the victims of sexual abuse can be haunted forever by the images of their abuse circulating the internet for the perverse pleasure of others.

In addition to the prison term he will serve, Taylor will be required to register as a sex offender.