My name is Sean Messano.
A commenter on my old post on 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) [which now mandates a minimum of 10 years in prison for using the internet to knowingly entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity] writes:
I was convicted of 2422(b) in 2002 by a jury in Los Angeles, CA (9th Circuit). My first jury was deadlocked and a mistrial was declared. The second jury was also deadlocked but after repeated instruction from the judge to further deliberate they eventually convicted.
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