Given this man's age the sentence is ridiculous, not based on reasoning, instead some form of revenge.12-30-2014 Arizona:
ORAN | The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction and sentence of an Oran resident sent to prison for 110 years for filming children engaged in sexual activity in 2012.
Benton Stong, 77, argued the four boys listed as the victims engaged in “exploration and play” and no evidence existed that he persuaded them. In a ruling handed down Dec. 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth District disagreed.
“Considering that pornography of the four boys had been created in his apartment, stored on computers and a camera there and even contained his voice, a reasonable jury could conclude that Stong photographed and filmed the four boys engaging in sexually explicit conduct in order to create child pornography,” the justices wrote in their decision.
The court also turned down Stong’s argument for a lenient sentence because of his age and ill health.
Authorities said Stong photographed and filmed boys 10 to 12 years old when they visited his apartment. Stong had prior convictions in 1961 and 1984, but he was not required to register as a sex offender at the time because the crime occurred before the registry was established in 1995.
Stong is serving his sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Tucson, Ariz. ..Source.. by Jeff Reinitz
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