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minister who copied child pornography images off the
*  Internet received three years' probation in exchange for his
*  guilty plea to a reduced charge.
*  
*  He must pay a $1,000 fine, forfeit his home computer, not have
*  any unsupervised contact with children under 17 and undergo
*  counseling.
*  
*  The minister, 47, was arrested in January.
*  
*  Computer technicians at a repair shop had found 30 pornographic
*  images of children in his computer and notified the state police.
*  
*  The minister pleaded guilty on Monday in village court to a
*  reduced obscenity count, a misdemeanor.

Of course, the Feds are not prosecuting these as misdemeanor cases.

*   The New York Times, 5/10/97
*   Ex-Prosecutor Indicted on Pornography Charges
*   
*   A former deputy district attorney who has prosecuted sex crimes has
*   been indicted on child pornography charges. Peter Harned was charged
*   with transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography from
*   July 1995 to July 1996.
*   
*   Mr. Harned worked at the District Attorney's office for 11 years,
*   where he handled child pornography as well as homicide cases. He
*   was dismissed last summer after he was arrested on state charges
*   involving child pornography. The Federal counts, which carry
*   tougher penalties, will replace the state charges.
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