US prosecutors seek 21-year sentence for Marques
A dual citizen of Ireland and the United States, who was described as the world's largest facilitator of child abuse images, has appeared before a US court.
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A dual citizen of Ireland and the United States, who was described as the world's largest facilitator of child abuse images, has appeared before a US court.
A man described by authorities as the world’s largest child pornography purveyor had his plea agreement thrown out by a federal judge Wednesday over arguments that the level of his criminal violations may be worthy of a longer sentence. In the plea deal initially announced last year, Eric Eoin Marques agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to advertise child pornography on the dark web in exchange for 15 to 21 years in prison. However, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang for the District of Maryland on Wednesday specifically took issue with a component of the plea deal that would not ...