I suspect he will just get probation on the kiddie porn.
Sex offender registry for 10 yrs (or longer?)
Just sayin' don't get your hopes up on any real punishment, esp if he can buy a good lawyer.
They take this kiddie porn stuff quite seriously nowadays. The state's prosecutor will probably offer him a year or so of jail time to plead guilty to it or else they will kick it up to the Fed level. The Feds have special prosecutors assigned to this specific task (child pornography) that are quick to take such referrals, and they play hardball. VOORHEES probably does not have the juice to hire a good lawyer on state charges, let alone a Federal case. Federal time means no parole and a very slim chance of probation. I personally know of cases where a dipshit turned down 2 years in state prison and got 8 years in federal prison. It does matter if he ever forwarded any of the no-no photos as they will really whack him for that.
He's got priors so I read this as a case of his lawyer just negotiating how much prison time he gets. His lawyer will try to negotiate that by how sick he is, that he's a Veteran (?), he didn't physically hurt anybody, etc.
I predict 18 months of actual lock up time. Followed by SOR (10 years) and a couple years of supervised probation. Not allowed on any computers too.
Should we start a pool? Buy squares or something?
