A well respected California lawyer Wade Rowland Saunders admitting to having 600 images of minors on his home computer. Saunders, who served in the Clinton Administration, introduced fellow Vietnam Veteran John Kerry and briefly ran in the 2000 Congressional Race in a San Diego district, life will be very different now. He was caught under an FBI nationwide initiative called Project Safe Childhood.
The 67 year old War Hero could get up to 10 years in prison and be ordered to pay $250,000 dollar fine. The minimum is 5 years with supervised Release for his lifetime and registration as a sex offender.
Wayne Rowland Sanders claims he downloaded the files as part as his research for an article on Sexual Exploitation of children in foreign countries. He said "I have no sexual attraction to children what so ever. That my motives were pure and innocent, that would make a difference. I'm technically guilty of the crime."
Saunders, a retired Naval Captain earned a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart while serving aboard Swift Boats in Vietnam.
I work with registered sex offenders and all I can say is his life is going to be radically different. Guilty or Not his life will never be the same. He doesn't sound like a bad guy, but 600 images is hard to argue with. Part of the evidence is in form of a 21 minute disturbing movie containing pre-adolescence girls and men. He said "I got caught in the net, I'm not the kind of person they were after."
What does your typical Sex Offender look like? I am curious of folks perceptions and their thoughts on this issue.
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