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LINK Man called largest child porn purveyor gets 27-year sentence

A reporter interviews acting U.S. Attorney Jonathan Lenzner outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, after a judge sentenced Eric Eoin Marques to 27 years in prison. U.S. authorities have said Marques, 36, was the world's most prolific purveyor of child pornography when he was arrested in Ireland in 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)
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A reporter interviews acting U.S. Attorney Jonathan Lenzner outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, after a judge sentenced Eric Eoin Marques to 27 years in prison. U.S. authorities have said Marques, 36, was the world's most prolific purveyor of child pornography when he was arrested in Ireland in 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)

GREENBELT, Md. ✈ — A man described by U.S. authorities as the world’s most prolific purveyor of child pornography at the time of his arrest in Ireland was sentenced on Wednesday to 27 years in federal prison.

Eric Eoin Marques, 36, created and operated computer servers on the dark web that enabled users to anonymously access millions of illicit images and videos, many depicting the rape and torture of infants and toddlers. Law enforcement had never seen many of those images before finding them on Marques’ servers, according to prosecutors.

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang told Marques that his crimes were the equivalent of those of a drug kingpin.

“This crime was truly despicable,” Chuang said.

Prior to learning his sentence, Marques apologized to the victims and asked for mercy from the court.

“I have destroyed my reputation and my family’s reputation. Please give me a second chance,” he told Chuang.

(It seems these guys are only really sorry about being caught)

snytiger6 9 Sep 16
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Not long enough.

After he serves his time here, he should be extradited to any country that wants to try him as well so he can rot forever behind bars.

@Beowulfsfriend Hear, hear! 👏 That’s if he isn’t offed by his fellow prisoners. It’s my understanding that convicts don’t take well to people who abuse children.

@Beowulfsfriend He will be (if our POTUS isn't a tRumpian). If they want him, and I would think that they would, then they'll ask for it and we'll comply. I didn't read the story as the crime is enough for me to feel revulsion but am going to accept verdicts for them. I don't think there is an "enough" and I don't like the death penalty so automatic life is all we have left. I'd be for it. Moreover, I think these people should be better studied and understood as to creation. Maybe we could better spot the danger or avoid the triggers? Surely I am not the first to think of this, though, and studies have been done.

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I have destroyed my reputation and my family’s reputation. Please give me a second chance,” he told Chuang.

Who the eff CARES about this man’s reputation?!? He destroyed lives … and we should care about his reputation? 🤬

May he rot in prison and be treated the same way these innocent children were.

They think it's always about them.

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