PORTLAND, Maine—A Maine state senator is proposing legislation seeking funding to cut a backlog of child-pornography evidence that needs to be investigated.
Sen. Bill Diamond says his legislation would give the Maine State Police's Computer Crimes Unit more funding going forward.
The Portland Press Herald ( http://bit.ly/tNZj5I) says hundreds of digital storage devices with thousands of images of child pornography now sit in a Maine State Police storage closet because there's not enough staffing to process the evidence.
Diamond says clearing cases with children being sexually abused on video should be a top priority. He says the Computer Crime Unit now has a two-year backlog.
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Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com
