When arrests are made for possession of child porn, a common refrain from those arrested is that the violation was caused by a virus, pop-up ad or malware. It’s an unbelievable excuse, but people use it every day.
Pastor Corey Butler will use the malware defense in his DeKalb County child porn trial. Butler will depend on the technical ineptitude of the jury to escape accountability for his deliberate crimes. To the uninitiated, a malware infestation might seem plausible. If the jury is selected with an slant towards the elderly and ignorant, the jurors might believe that an evil virus help bent on ruining a good man might be plausible. Yikes! I know plenty of people who would buy that story… my mom for example. It’s a scary thought because Butler’s assertion is a lie wrapped in a common misconception.
Butler was accused of possession and distribution of child pornography from a computer in his home. Possession is having child porn stored on a computer. Distribution is sending child porn to another party. What pop-up ad or virus does that? A malicious hacker might accomplish the task, but Butler is a nobody. Why him? Plus, Butler admitted to surfing porn sites,so he has a foot in the door of inappropriate behavior, well, for a pastor at least.
The activity he was arrested for is one where child porn is downloaded and then sent to another party. His pop up and evil interwebs story does not ring true. These types of stories never do. When you add the lies and misdirections that make up his life, he has no credibility. He calls himself a PhD, an apostle and a pastor, yet he surfs porn and has never graduated from an accredited university. I think Pastor Corey Butler is looking at long 30 long years in protective custody. He might want to update his LinkedIn profile.
