What is the current sentencing of an offender for possessing and possessing child pornography?

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. W.A.E., 2009 CanLII 42861 (NL PC):

[55] In R v. Saddler, [2008] NSWDC 48, the offender pled guilty to three counts of possession of child pornography. It involved “35,508 still images, 687 movie files and 77 archived photos.” The trial judge described the pornography as depicting “gross abuse, including the infliction of pain, on babies less than 12 months of age.” The trial judge stated that the “callousness and inhumanity of a person who could get pleasure out of viewing such images is beyond comprehension” and that: Harsh sentences are required in cases such as this, not only so that judges do what they can to reduce the demand for such appalling acts of cruelty, but also to mark in a very real way the community’s horror at such treatment of entirely innocent and defenceless children.

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