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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A 32-year-old man who taught TaeKwondo summer camps for kids was sentenced recently to five decades behind bars after several of his victims discovered he was secretly recording them.

When reports of his behavior were made to police in 2021, detectives executed a search warrant at Erik Chen's home and found hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography stored on his electronic devices, according to a press release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. .

Chen was ordered Friday to serve 50 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections by a Douglas County judge. He will also be required to register as a sex offender once he is released.

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Hold on.

50 years for recording kids?

But you got actual child rapists who happen to be religious or politicians... who get like 5-10 years?

What is the difference here?

[-] query@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Presumably the number of victims.

Hundreds of thousands of photos and videos of child pornography is why he got 50 years.

So to repeat back: religious person molest kids for years, with both physical and mental them... will get a few years of prison?

[-] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

God died for his sin that's why he got less jail time

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Religion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Videos are there. You can point to it and say "here". Victim memories are often multiple years of not decades ago. It sucks, it really does but physical tangible evidence is very hard to argue against vs someone 30 years old talking about what happened when they were 11.

Besides, the church has the resources unlike this guy.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago

Don't worry junkie child molesters get out in 5-10 years too. At least that one isn't based on class.

[-] ATQ@lemm.ee 61 points 1 year ago

Seems like typical behavior for a guy named “erection”.

[-] PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Erik Chen. Name checks out.

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago
[-] PoetSII@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

This guy looks like a cartoon network character

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Don't ever trust a man with a soul patch

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The right decision was made here.

this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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