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INTERNET CHILD PORNOGRAPHERS GET LONG JAIL TERMS
October 23, 1997 Web posted at: 3:24 p.m. EDT (1924 GMT)
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) -- Three members of an international child pornography ring that used the Internet to transmit pictures of children were sentenced to jail.
The men were jailed for their part in a wide-ranging, Internet-based conspiracy in which several children, aged 10 or younger, were used in sexually explicit acts to produce pornographic pictures and videotapes, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
U.S. District Judge James Ware on Wednesday sentenced the three members of the "Orchid Club" in a San Jose courtroom after a long hearing that included poignant personal statements by the victims.
The U.S. Attorney's office in San Jose said Ronald Riva, 38, of Greenfield, California, was sentenced to 30 years in prison; David Tank, 35, of Cheney, Washington, to 19 years and 7 months; and Christopher Saemisch, 38, of Lawrence, Kansas, to 11 years.
Copyright 1997 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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