Jump to content

Man Charged In 'Virtual Porn' Case


lord_casek

Is this just?  

36 members have voted

You do not have permission to vote in this poll, or see the poll results. Please sign in or register to vote in this poll.

Recommended Posts

(June 25) -- A Tennessee man is facing charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor for what authorities say are three pictures -- none of them featuring an actual child's body.

Instead, according to testimony presented at Michael Wayne Campbell's preliminary hearing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Wednesday, the photos feature the faces of three young girls placed on the nude bodies of adult females, CNN affiliate WDEF reported.

 

 

Hamilton County Det. Michael Cox said Campbell told authorities "he wanted to see what they would look like as adults," according to WDEF.

Two of the faces were of local girls -- a 10-year-old and 12-year-old, the station reported. The third face appears to be Miley Cyrus, 16, star of Disney's popular television series "Hannah Montana" and its big-screen adaptation, "Hanna Montana: The Movie," according to WDEF.

Investigators do not believe Campbell had any contact with the three girls, but "when you have the face of a small child affixed to a nude body of a mature woman, it's going to be the state's position that this is for sexual gratification and that this is simulated sexual activity," Assistant District Attorney Dave Denny said during Wednesday's hearing. Attempts to contact Denny by CNN Wednesday were unsuccessful.

 

Cases like Campbell's present a unique legal issue. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 ruled that "virtual child pornography," in which no children were actually harmed, is protected speech and does not constitute a crime.

Since then, "more and more of these guys are using morphed images, image manipulations" in an attempt to circumvent prosecution, Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said Wednesday.

Such attempts are not always successful, Allen said, as charges can still be filed under obscenity laws or other statutes. Also, other avenues can be pursued when the faces used are those of real, identifiable people, he said.

"We see it all the time," Allen said. "It makes it harder for law enforcement. It makes it tougher for prosecutors."

"It's definitely on the increase," said Justin Fitzsimmons, a former prosecutor and senior attorney with the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse, part of the National District Attorneys' Association. "People are trying to come up with creative ways to continue to sexually exploit children using digital evidence."

 

 

http://news.aol.com/article/virtual-porn/544064

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This forum is supported by the 12ozProphet Shop, so go buy a shirt and help support!
This forum is brought to you by the 12ozProphet Shop.
This forum is brought to you by the 12oz Shop.
  • Replies 85
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

Can't he just claim he's an artist?

 

 

don't think so. TN also has this weird law about not having to prove the age of the minor in the photo.

 

 

my main thought is that this is really touchy. no real children were harmed, but dude is obviously a sick fuck. i don't really know where i stand on the whole thing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

don't think so. TN also has this weird law about not having to prove the age of the minor in the photo.

 

 

my main thought is that this is really touchy. no real children were harmed, but dude is obviously a sick fuck. i don't really know where i stand on the whole thing.

 

 

 

Think of it this way, 20 years ago it probably wouldn't have been a crime.

Most people would have thought it was either weird, or funny and wouldn't have gotten mad about it (unless it was their daughters face being used).

This is just another example of the modern day witch-hunt for pedos.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

And what do you mean by "TN also has this weird law about not having to prove the age of the minor in the photo."

Are you saying that you can get convicted just cause the chick looks like a minor?

 

 

yep.

 

btw: just read that the supreme court views virtual cp as protected free speech. this may get thrown out.

 

i still don't know where i stand on it.

 

the logic side says it's free speech.

 

the moral side says that it's still fucked up.

 

/head 'splodes

Link to comment
Share on other sites

yep.

 

btw: just read that the supreme court views virtual cp as protected free speech. this may get thrown out.

 

i still don't know where i stand on it.

 

the logic side says it's free speech.

 

the moral side says that it's still fucked up.

 

/head 'splodes

 

 

 

Morals are open to interpretation, and are corruptible by shit like religion and politics.

Logic never faulters.

When in doubt, go with logic.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Morals are open to interpretation, and are corruptible by shit like religion and politics.

Logic never faulters.

When in doubt, go with logic.

 

 

well, my morals aren't corrupted by religion. politics, maybe sometimes.

not this time.

 

thinking about it like a parent might is playing a big role in it.

 

except for miley cyrus. we all know her dad has thought about doggin' it.

fuckin' hillbilly.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

my main thought is that this is really touchy

 

No pun intended?

 

This is a complicated issue though. Sick fucks no doubt, but it brings into line the same type of argument as would you rather have any type of sex offender looking at porn over actually doing the act. Unfortunately, I don't believe the overall population of these types really has the self control to keep fantasy from becoming reality.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

if he used local girls faces to put on these adult bodies this means he is having real thoughts about abusing the local girls.

 

which makes him guilty of the charges

 

Guilty of what?

I've jerked off to 100s of bitches in my lifetime that I never bothered to try and fuck IRL.

Does that make me guilty of rape?

 

Anybody who thinks this guy is guilty of anything is a fucking moron.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guilty of what?

I've jerked off to 100s of bitches in my lifetime that I never bothered to try and fuck IRL.

Does that make me guilty of rape?

 

Anybody who thinks this guy is guilty of anything is a fucking moron.

 

So....would it be cool w/ you if someone jerked off to a pic of your kid's face?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

No pun intended?

 

This is a complicated issue though. Sick fucks no doubt, but it brings into line the same type of argument as would you rather have any type of sex offender looking at porn over actually doing the act. Unfortunately, I don't believe the overall population of these types really has the self control to keep fantasy from becoming reality.

 

 

yeah, no pun intended.

 

it's that part that gets me, JWG. the part where i know what a pedo is probably capable of in the near/distant future once the fantasy isn't enough to quell the urges.

 

but he hadn't touched these children in any way.

 

so, can we arrest and convict people of thought crimes? even if they are having thoughts of sex with children and we can make a guess as to where it's going to lead?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So....would it be cool w/ you if someone jerked off to a pic of your kid'd face?

 

 

If I found out about it I'd punch them in the face, but that's just cause I'm an asshole.

Anybody who thinks people should go to prison and have their lives ruinned over how they think is a fucking idiot.

This is supposed to be America, not the Christian version of Saudi Arabia.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guilty of what?

I've jerked off to 100s of bitches in my lifetime that I never bothered to try and fuck IRL.

Does that make me guilty of rape?

 

Anybody who thinks this guy is guilty of anything is a fucking moron.

 

 

So lemme get this straight you could be a 30yr old man beating off to little kids you see walking around in the neighborhood everyday and you think that's ok?

 

He is guilty of sexual exploitation.

 

and if you sit there and beat of to little 11, 12 yr old girls you should be locked up as well.

 

 

 

If I think that this is wrong and noone agrees then yes I am a total fucking moron

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...