Dude gets 750 years in prison for child porn on computer

A man was sentenced to 750 years in prison for creating at least 29 pornographic images of prepubescent girls in his basement.

The tip-off that helped investigators put him away: a Brownie uniform in the background of one of his photographs. The sentence handed down to Bruce W. Betcher in U.S. District Court on Monday is believed to be one of the longest in U.S. history for the manufacture and possession of child pornography.

The 750-year sentence took even some seasoned defense attorneys and federal law enforcement officials aback. The investigation leading to Betcher's arrest began in August 2005 in Atlanta, where a computer seized during a federal search uncovered thousands of illicit computer images, including 78 photos or pictures unfamiliar to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The images did not match any in a database of known missing and exploited children. Full article here.