SLO County repeat offender who downloaded more than 990 child porn images gets 25 years
A San Luis Obispo County man who was found in possession of 990 images of child pornography was sentenced in Superior Court on Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison.
Joshua Steven Jackson, 38, was sentenced under California’s Three Strikes law, which hands down stricter sentences for repeat offenders who commit serious or violent felonies, according to a news release from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office.
Jackson has been convicted of sex offenses three other times. The first was in 2002, when he was convicted on three separate counts of “serious and violent child sexual abuse of children under the age of 14,” according to the release. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
In 2012, Jackson was convicted of possession of child pornography and sentenced to four years. He also has on his record a conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14.
According to the release, the San Luis Obispo district attorney attempted to commit Jackson to the state hospital as a sexually violent predator in both 2015 and 2016, but two consecutive juries were unable to determine unanimously that Jackson met the legal criteria to be committed.
He was released from custody in April 2016, according to the release.
In 2018, the SLO County Sheriff’s Office received information that Jackson was in possession of child pornography within the county’s jurisdiction. The investigation found that he had downloaded approximately 990 images of child pornography, according to the release.
Deputy District Attorney Lisa Muscari prosecuted the most recent case, at which Jackson pleaded no contest.
This story was originally published December 10, 2019 at 6:51 PM.
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