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Maryland State Legislator and Sponsor of Child Protection Laws Sentenced to Three Years for Child Pornography

43526700-21085511Former Republican legislator Robert A. McKee, 59, has been sentencing to more than three years in prison for possession of child pornography. McKee was not just a First Christian Church trustee and executive director of the Hagerstown Big Brothers Big Sisters — he was a key sponsor of the Child Protection from Predators Act this year.


He was facing a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He expressed regret and contrition at the hearing: “In the eyes of the law, I committed a crime. In the eyes of God, I committed a sin.” McKee is unmarried but the legal guardian of a 16-year-old girl in 2006, who he met and adopted the girl through his work with Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

He is only the latest politician to be nailed for immoral conduct after a career advocating morality legislation or child protection legislation, click here and here

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6 thoughts on “Maryland State Legislator and Sponsor of Child Protection Laws Sentenced to Three Years for Child Pornography”

  1. If a parent voluntarily checks into a mental institution does he or she have a mandatory stay period? Example section 5150 in CA.

  2. Rafflaw,

    It’s much like the ones screaming the loudest about homosexuality are really just closet cases (Ted Haggard anyone?)

    Or Rush Limbaugh’s previous crusade against drug users when….well we all know that story.

    The loudest person in the room is always the one who has something to hide

  3. “In the eyes of the law, I committed a crime. In the eyes of God, I committed a sin.”

    This means you have two authorities to answer to.

  4. Mespo,
    You are right that he needs help, but I would want the charges against him to remain in tact to make sure that he has an incentive to get help that he needs. Maybe as part of a plea bargain. Just so he is required to get the treatment and has the duty to report back to the court as to the completion of the treatment and what the doctors suggest his next step should be.

  5. McKee: ““In the eyes of the law, I committed a crime. In the eyes of God, I committed a sin.
    *************

    In the eyes of mespo you are a hypocrite and a moron but probably not a criminal. When did we start punishing for thoughts and not thoughts coupled with actions?

    These poor repressed churchman may be emotionally disturbed but this seems more affliction that crime. He needs help.

  6. Me thinks he doth protest too much. I hope I didn’t butcher that paraphrase(Ws it Shakespeare?) but why does it always seem that the ones who are screaming the loudest about the safety of children from pornography are the ones who are themselves immersed in that porn culture?

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