The curious case of Francis Rawls.

[brewer]

From the article it appears that they have enough for a conviction without seeing the encrypted files. They know that he down loaded child porn, that should be enough(Quote: police already had forensic evidence that Rawls had child pornography stored on his computer hard drive, including a relative’s statement and electronic fingerprints showing he had downloaded it.). They don't need to see the physical files. (not a lawyer, don't hold me to that)

Rawls should be allowed to claim 5th amendment self incrimination rights. This is no different than a person not disclosing where the body is. 

I looked at the average amount of jail time for child porn possession cases, 18 months appears to be a drop in the bucket. (google it yourself)

I say get on with the case and if (more like when) convicted that will be considered time served. I doubt he'll be jailed for life. That kind of talk is just drama, drama, drama.

Edit: Not even going to discuss framing. What if's are not very productive.