Feb 2007 Connecticut:NEW HAVEN -- A man who traded images of child pornography and sexual abuse on the Internet was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison after pleading for mercy, saying his effeminate appearance would make him vulnerable to abuse behind bars.
David Cuozzo, 42, of New Haven had amassed a collection of 1,780 files of child pornography involving at least 30 children, including images that portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence and the rape of young children, authorities said.
"This defendant used the Internet to trade some of the most disturbing images of infant and toddler child pornography and sexual abuse that law enforcement has seen," said U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor. "Federal laws that target the child pornography trade, and the strict terms of imprisonment to which offenders are exposed, exist to eliminate the victimization of children all over the world, as those who possess child pornography help to create the market for this insidious practice."
