Speaking from a position with a fair bit of experience, NOTHING really commands more punishment than child pornography under our current legal framework. Creation of child pornography, if the victim is under certain age limits (which vary by state) almost universally means mandatory time, and given the way the law is written, you can technically charge one count PER IMAGE. The bad news is that police forensic software generates one image for each frame of a video. Of course, he probably has backups of his data as well, and god help him if he traded any of it online.
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