Former Portland man sentenced to prison for child porn
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Former Portland resident Jasper Neil Blair, 37, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday by United States District Judge Anna J. Brown, for possessing child pornography.
Blair, who had moved to Oklahoma, pleaded guilty on May 31 to knowingly possessing an image which contained a visual depiction of a young girl being sexually abused. Upon release from custody, Blair will serve a 10-year period of supervised release. During his supervised release, he must abide by a number of conditions which include a sex offender assessment and treatment program, no contact with minors without approval, restricted access to computers and the Internet, and registration as a sex offender.
The case against Blair arose in January of 2010 when a computer systems official for the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) discovered a suspicious email routed through DOI’s servers. Further investigation revealed that Blair, then an employee of DOI’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), was communicating on his government-issued laptop computer with another person about their mutual sexual interest in children.
Blair has now admitted that he solicited, received via email, and possessed an image depicting a six-year-old girl being sexually abused. That image, along with many others images depicting child sexual abuse, were produced by a local couple, who have already been prosecuted and are currently serving 49-year and 46-year federal prison sentences.
“Let this case send a clear message that possessing even one image of child sexual abuse will result in prosecution, a lengthy prison sentence, and a substantial term of post-incarceration supervision, to ensure the safety of the children in our community,” said U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
The United States Federal Government has the largest child porn library in the world AND THEY REFUSE TO DESTROY IT!
There seems to be a big difference in sentencing for these offenders. Some get 30 years and some probation. I say feed them to hogs of Coos County. Saves jail space and money and the recidivism rate would be extremly low. I call it a win, win situtation for all concerned.
It's sickening that he has the image of girl and then as sickening that he gets such a light sentence. The animals that participate in this are responsible for harming children. This man cannot be rehabilitated nor can he, or the couple that made the pornography, make restitution for the harm, pain and unspeakable acts forced on this child.Â
 @DeaconBugg Animals don't deserve to be besmirched like this. Animals don't do things like this - only humans. Can we agree to call him a monster?
 @gofigure Fair enough.
castration and if that doesnt work extermination
I say make the punishment fi the crime. Make him be the Prison Porn for his 30 months and see how he likes it. He should also submitt to castration before release. The Castration would not be a Punishment but a condition of release to guarentee the prisoner will never reoffend.
Thirty months is a joke. The sicko should be locked up for about 50 years, or turned loose in the general prison population unsupervised.
 @I812Â
For suer. There really isn't much of an incentive for these perverts to stop what they are doing. We all know they can't be cured.