Skout Sex Assault Defendant Gets 4 Years Prison for Child Pornography
Daniel R. Schmidt, 21, of Waukesha, tells Judge Donald Hassin he prays every night that God can forgive him for his actions.
Struggling to understand how their son could commit so many horrific crimes, Daniel R. Schmidt’s family begged Waukesha County Circuit Judge Donald Hassin Jr. on Monday to show Schmidt leniency as Hassin sentenced him to prison. Schmidt, 21, of Waukesha, will spend four years in prison for his conviction on two counts of possessing child pornography and one count of eluding police. Hundreds of pornographic images involving children – including of a toddler – were found on his computer via a search warrant after he fled from the Waukesha Police Department. “It is horrific – images that stay with one for a very long time,” said Assistant District Attorney Debra Blasius. With drug use, drug delivery and a high-speed car chase thrown into the …
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George Williams
7:58 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
"struggling to understand why their son could commit so many horrific crimes..." Stop struggling, here's the answer: the sin of mankind. The Bible says in the book of Romans, all of us have sinned against God, and there is no one righteous, not one. The wages of sin is death. But God demonstrated His own love for us in this; while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. What we ALL need to do is… more ›