南卡罗来纳州 Lexington 男子持有儿童性虐待材料被判81个月：材料逾100份 另付2.5万美元赔偿
美国司法部南卡罗来纳区联邦检察官办公室10月20日在 Columbia 宣布，现年61岁、住在南卡罗来纳州 Lexington 的 Timothy Stedman Sloan 认罪后，因持有儿童性虐待材料被判处81个月（近7年）联邦监禁。
检方表示，Sloan 持有逾100份儿童性虐待图片与视频，其中包括涉及幼儿与未成年儿童的内容；他还加入了一些社交媒体群组，在其中讨论诱骗与性虐待儿童的话题。
联邦地区法官 Mary Geiger Lewis 判处 Sloan 81个月监禁，其后接受15年法院监督，另处罚金，并向本案受害人支付2.5万美元赔偿。联邦监狱系统没有假释制度。
此案是司法部「安全童年计划」（Project Safe Childhood）的一部分；该计划协调联邦、州与地方执法资源，打击针对儿童的性剥削与虐待。此案由美国联邦调查局（FBI）Columbia 外地办公室调查，联邦助理检察官 Elle E. Klein 负责起诉。
Lexington Man Sentenced to 81 Months in South Carolina for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina announced in Columbia on October 20 that Timothy Stedman Sloan, 61, of Lexington, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 81 months in federal prison, nearly seven years, after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material.
Sloan possessed over 100 images and videos of child sexual abuse material, including images of toddlers and prepubescent minors. He had also joined social media groups where he would discuss grooming and sexually abusing children.
United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis sentenced Sloan to 81 months' imprisonment, to be followed by a 15-year term of court-ordered supervision, along with fines and $25,000 in restitution to the victims in the case. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Justice Department initiative that marshals federal, state and local resources to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. It was investigated by the FBI Columbia Field Office, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Elle E. Klein prosecuted the case.
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