Ride the Lightning
Cybersecurity and Future of Law Practice Blog
by Sharon D. Nelson Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
COMPUTER TECH FINDS CHILD PORN ON YOUR COMPUTER – NOW WHAT?
June 12, 2009
You're probably going to jail.
It was a long recess in the proceedings for Kenneth Sodomsky, a Pennsylvania man who had been charged with possession of child pornography after a computer repair technician found the contraband on his computer back in 2004.
A lower court judge had originally ruled that Sodomsky had a right to privacy when he took his computer to a electronics store for repair. That decision was reversed by an appellate court. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to hear the case, and on June 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court also declined to hear the case.
Prosecutors are now free to pursue the charges. The computer technician had originally stumbled (or so he said) on a video of a man fondling a boy. Ultimately, the police found 119 CP images and 39 CP videos.
Clearly, it is a very bad idea to take your computer in for servicing if there's contraband on it. I suspect Mr. Sodomsky will be a guest of the State of Pennsylvania for some time.
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