Weiner Jailed

From the BBC:

"Anthony Weiner jailed for 21 months for sexting underage girl"

Ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner burst into tears as he was sentenced to 21 months in jail for sending sexually explicit messages to an underage girl. He pleaded guilty in May to transferring obscene material to a minor and agreed not to appeal against a prison sentence of 27 months or less. Weiner, 53, quit Congress in 2011 over a sex scandal and was again exposed in his 2013 run for New York mayor. His lawyers had asked a US District Judge for probation instead of jail.  But in sentencing Weiner, Judge Cote said: "This is a serious crime that deserves serious punishment."  "Anthony Weiner, a former Congressman and candidate for Mayor, asked a girl who he knew to be 15 years old to display her naked body and engage in sexually explicit behaviour for him online," Acting Manhattan US Attorney Joon H Kim said in a statement on Monday.  "Justice demands that this type of conduct be prosecuted and punished with time in prison." In addition to jail time, Weiner was sentenced to three years of supervised release, according to a statement from the US Attorney's Office.  An investigation into Weiner's sexting case played a role in last year's 2016 presidential election, when authorities found emails on his laptop from Ms Abedin, who was a senior aide to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.  The FBI began investigating Weiner last September after the Daily Mail reported that he had exchanged obscene messages with a North Carolina teenager.  The 15-year-old girl said he had asked her to undress on camera.  Once a rising Democratic star, he stepped down from Congress in June 2011 after a graphic image sent from his Twitter account went public. Initially claiming his account was hacked, he eventually confessed to having lied. Weiner also admitted indulging in explicit online exchanges with at least six other women and pledged to seek therapy.  He tried to revive his political career in 2013 by running for mayor of New York. But his campaign imploded amid reports of further graphic online messages.

^ This guy is the very definition of scum-bag. While it is stupid to send pictures of yourself naked from one adult to another adult it is disgusting and illegal to do so with a minor. I'm sure he will have a "fun" time in jail with both his name and the things he is known to have done - especially the child porn. Once he leaves jail he should be forced to register as a Child Sex Offender since the girl was a minor. I don't know if that's part of his sentencing - I haven't seen anything saying it is. He is clearly a Child Sex Offender and that should follow him the rest of his life. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41391640