By of the Journal Sentinel A former Rockwell Automation software developer whose encryption skills frustrated the FBI's top forensic computer analysts for months was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography. In court, Jeffrey Feldman thanked law enforcement agents "for rescuing me from the abyss of addiction." Though he had no prior criminal record, no record of ever contacting children, and wasn't creating or distributing the child pornography, Feldman's attorneys actually agreed with federal prosecutors to recommend the 10-year prison term. Based on the number of images Feldman had collected — more than a million — he could have faced a much higher...
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