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The charge that got him on the registered sex offender list was from 20 years ago. The part about a "minor" was a misdemeanor according to Random's post. I have no idea what to make of that. It's hard to imagine anything that I might call "kiddie porn" being a misdemeanor.



The law explicitly states that the first offense under 311.4(a) is a misdemeanor. The maximum sentence allowed under that subsection is not terribly severe. What people are missing is that he was charged under 311.4(c): basically, knowingly photographing an underage (but probably older than 14 year old) minor for a non-commercial purpose. In other words, probably for "private" use. I suspect he was charged under 311.4(c) (a felony) but pled to another sub-section (a misdemeanor), but that's only speculation.

Sexual penetration against victim's will by force was charged in conjunction with the above. It's an assumption, but not a rash one, that the two charges had the same victim. That was a felony. So it's not like he was never convicted of a felony, and he was actually charged with two.

Given all that, and Kerkove's future rap sheet, I can put together a scenario in my head. I have no way of knowing if it's right or wrong. It's pure speculation, unless someone wants to go get me the trial transcripts. But remember when you were in high school, and the hot chick that you wanted was being picked up by some greasy, 22 year old dude on his motorcycle after class every day? What the fuck was wrong with that guy, scouting high schools for babes?

Well, I can imagine Kerkove being that guy, with a "very mature" 16 year old. I can imagine her parents (or maybe even her) engineering a bad break-up, complete with polaroids of their forbidden passion in his mom's basement. Maybe he broke in his chopstick technique with her. That is about the most "innocent" and benign explanation I can come up with. And it's pure speculation, as I said.


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I was hoping arab would reply to that post and fill us in a bit more.




I can't do more than comment generally.

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311:4 is possession or manufacturing of child porn, correct? How is this only a misdemeanor? A plea?



Possibly. He was charged under a subsection which is a felony, but I only see (and this is reading from Luke's site, which doesn't provide much context), if the line underneath are his convictions, 311.4--with no subsection. Was one there? Because 311.4(a) is in fact a misdemeanor for a first offense. 311.4(c), which he was charged under, is not.

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289:A is what got him convicted on the Megan Law, correct?



We don't have exactly the same wording as Megan's Law in Illinois, but it's (a.) a sex crime and (b.) a felony. If Megan's Law classifies all sex crime felons as RSOs, then yeah, that would be what got him on the list.

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273.5(A)/21 is basically beating your spouse, girlfriend, lover, etc?




Yep.

If you guys want some real fun, go look at Skeeter's page on the old lf.com, where he basically gives Luke lectures on how to be as successful and as wealthy as he is.
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