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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Mar 10 19:18:44 2009 OK, this one has me honked off: Former New Jersey legislator Neil Cohen (D-Roselle), who resigned and was subsequently arrested after child-porn was discovered in his office computer, has been allowed to remain free without bail pending trial. This is shocking to me, not least because if I, or any other ordinary person, were caught with child-porn, we'd get a one-way trip, no bail, to the Daily Beatdown Wing of Rikers' Island (or comparable torture chamber). Here, Cohen, an accused pedophile--who actually wrote and sponsored anti-pedophilia legislation, to boot!--gets to walk free? What is going on here?Story from South Jersey's Courier-Post: TRENTON - A former New Jersey lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges. Prosecutors say Neil Cohen has admitted viewing child porn, but rejected a plea bargain. A judge says Cohen can remain free without bail. His freedom comes with conditions. Cohen is not allowed to be around schools or playgrounds, use the Internet other than for business or have unsupervised contact with children under 16. The former assemblyman from Roselle faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of official misconduct and child pornography charges. Authorities say the Democrat used the computer in his local legislative office to view, print and duplicate images of underage girls engaged in sexual acts. |
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