Mark wrote on November 30, 2008 11:46 AM: Angie is correct; one must assume a person’s innocence until proven guilty. The fact that Michael is a convicted pervert on parole has no legs in this case. Don’t blame Michael for living near a high school. It is The State’s fault. His computer access is not his family’s fault; it’s the state of Nevada’s fault.
Let us not forget how O.J. Simpson was railroaded by public opinion. Most people had him written off as guilty, I was one of them. Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson had their necks sliced open and immediately people blamed O.J. Simpson.
O.J. was found not guilty and spent his years a free man looking for the murderers of his beloved Nicole.
Give Michael the benefit of the doubt. I believe that he stands a chance of proving his innocence. If he does, we all can learn from our jump to judgment.
Once a free man he can assemble a search party to track down who it is that framed him. It is logical to consider a burglar set up a network of computers in his home. It is possible that someone else disguised himself to look like Michael having sex with minors. It may be proven that the 3000 gigabytes of kiddy porn taken as evidence was altered with images of Michael spliced into the scenes.
The Girl who was present during the arrest was just a friend. There is a god chance that he was a gentleman probably sharing otter pops and talking about the Disney channel with his underage guest.
Give Michael a chance to prove that the State of Nevada is guilty as was previously pointed out.
When it is all said and done, he can write a book about this horrible mistake. I think he should name it,
If I Did Do It, Here’s How I Would Have Done It.

Angie wrote on November 28, 2008 09:21 AM: The status of this story is that the laws must be changed to ensure that possible repeat offenders not be given the opportunity to repeat. Mr Wards situation was blessed by the judicial system as they allowed him to continue owning and using a computer. If they had prevented him from owning or using a computer, he would not have worked in a place where computers are openly of access to him, nor would he have been able to own the network of computers at home that they consiquently found all the information on. If Michael Ward is found guilty, (I am still a believer of innocent until proven guilty), than he would be second time offender, and should be given the maximum, but if he is released to parole, it should stipulate no computers. As for JAYBIRD's comment of Michael Ward being the only one involving a minor, are you clueless as to what child porn is. Michael Ward was not the only one of th 9 arrest that involved a minor, All Child porn involves minors. DUH

jaybird wrote on November 26, 2008 05:23 PM: Micheal Ward was the only one of the 9 arrested producing child pornography involving a minor. Micheal Ward has multiple victims.
2 years ago, Micheal Ward’s live in girlfriend notified the police that she discovered child pornography on Micheal Wards computer.
At the time Police found a network of 4 computers in Micheal Wards house.

wtf distraction wrote on November 26, 2008 06:48 AM: How can you use a story about the rape of our children to jump up on your politcal soapbox? What a moron, and spoken like a true Democrat.

Jerk wrote on November 25, 2008 10:10 PM: If the SOB's get Judge Mosley he will probably give them probation like he did the priest. Human life means nothing to Mosley.

Herb wrote on November 25, 2008 09:48 PM: I am outraged at these men and what they have done to innocent children. We need to become serious about punishing these predators. The first thing I would do is end protective isolation. They belong in the general prison population.

And so what wrote on November 25, 2008 09:39 PM: ...are we to ask our children? The police won't release anything except peripheral info. Why did he only serve two years - that seems like it might have been a minor (excuse the pun) situation. Most of these molestors are getting up to 25 years. Scare tactics help no one. Let's have some more info, eh?

Distraction wrote on November 25, 2008 08:08 PM: This story affects an infinitisimal percentage of us, but distracts us from how the very rich continue to hire lobbyists to ensure they get an ever increasing share of our wealth and economic pie, the middle-class shrinks, and the working poor continue to grow in numbers.

Justice wrote on November 25, 2008 07:04 PM: If all of these individuals are found guilty after their due process in court then I hope "bubba" does to each of them what they have partaken in in the first place.

Frank Drebbin wrote on November 25, 2008 06:37 PM: Good riddance to these criminals.