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I'm not sure what Sonoma County can do - I'll have to see what they say this next week. All they have him on is the failure to appear and misdemeanor conviction, for which he has already served 6 months of the time that will probably be assessed.

The conditions for his PR bond were what included the "no computer" clause and I don't know how that relates to something like violation of probation, but it might be like that. I don't think they can do anything about subsequent violations found on his laptop - but perhaps the circumstances of his flight to avoid prosecution - all this JBR hoopla - will convince the Sonoma Co. DA to add more charges.

We have to think there would be some outrage in Petaluma by the citizens there, who would ask for stiffer penalties on JMK now that his habits are known. It's how these came to be known, though, that is a thorny problem, IMO.

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Well I am hoping that his computer HD was loaded with child porn. I find it hard to believe that is was not. The laws on child porn are laxed overseas and he may have felt comfortable having child porn on his laptop. Thai LE may have found the child porn on his laptop or let American LE look at it with Thai police while he was over there. This may part of the reason why he was not officially arrested until he was on US soil, this would put him on US soil (California soil to top it off) with a laptop computer containing prohibited child porn on a laptop in his possession.

Karr has requested that Colorado DA give him back "his" computer.

Like you said it is thorny, but I hope they are able to nail him with some additional charges. This guy does not need to be let go for quite sometime. I want to see him do some time so he has to register as a predator when he gets out.

Another thing that got my attention is that Karr may be like a ticking bomb. He had all the hair removed from his arms and part of his face, and who knows where else. The reason he was doing this could be one single reason or a multiple of reasons. Being hairless or having to worry about less body hair makes it easier to get away with a sexual crime. Men can shed body hair naturally and so easily, it also can be pulled out easily during an attack. Of course it could be that he was slowly starting the process to have a sex change operation. But the Thai doctor said Karr was way off from having that done, normally men that come to him for a sex change consultation do not walk in dressed as a man as Karr did.

In case you are interested...

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/April/03_ag_266.htm

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/46618.htm

The PROTECT Act

An important aspect of the U.S. effort is to strengthen law enforcement’s ability to investigate, prosecute, and punish violent crimes committed against children, including child sex tourism and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. The PROTECT Act (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003) was passed by the Congress in April 2003 and signed into law by President Bush. The act serves as a historic milestone for protecting children while severely punishing those who victimize young people. Of particular note, the PROTECT Act allows law enforcement officers to prosecute American citizens and legal permanent residents who travel abroad and commercially sexually abuse minors without having to prove prior intent to commit this crime. The law also strengthens the punishment of these child sex tourists. If convicted, child sex tourists now face up to 30 years’ imprisonment, an increase from the previous maximum of 15 years.

The PROTECT Act made several other changes to the law with a focus on protecting children from sexual predators, including: extending the statute of limitations for federal crimes involving the abduction or physical or sexual abuse of a child for the lifetime of the child; expanding the potential reach of federal sex trafficking prosecutions by extending federal jurisdiction to crimes committed in foreign commerce; establishing parallel penalty enhancements for the production of child pornography overseas; and, criminalizing actions to arrange or facilitate the travel of child sex tourists.