Source: tulsaworld.com 4/28/23
A Tulsa man who boasted on social media about his preference for dating underage girls was sentenced to life in prison Friday after he was convicted earlier of enticing a minor to have sex and related child porn crimes.
Chief U.S. District Judge John Heil III also ordered Alexander Nicholaus Sweet, 29, to simultaneously serve terms ranging from 10 years to 30 years in prison for six other related crimes.
Sweet, who indicated through an attorney that he would appeal his convictions and sentence, continues to maintain his innocence.
He was arrested because of the investigation from two years earlier when she was 15. This guy sounded very deliberate in his actions and simply believed what he was doing wasn’t wrong, but the government was.
The feds are very harsh on child pornography, particularly production which carries a 15-year minimum. Apparently he had multiple production counts. If he took the pictures, it matters not that they were found on the girl’s computer. Your contention that the relationship would be legal in some states in wrong. She was 15 at the time of the crime, and no state has an age of consent below 16.
It is indeed odd that under federal law, a person can have sex with a 16-year-old, but you can’t take her picture. That minimum age is 18. What one believes about morality or what the law should be is irrelevant in court. The best advice is to find someone who is at least 18. If a person can’t bring himself to do that, then he should get help. The alternative sucks for everyone.
[…] From what I was able to read, as always, these cp sentencing guidelines have gotten out of hand
Yet is that man blew someones brains out in a crime, more than likely he wouldnt get life……