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I do feel sorry for the folks in the story, and it is attributed to the "witch hunt" mentality we have for this stuff.  I'm not sure making taxpayers pay for it is the best answer, maybe taking the money out of the prosecuter's personal paycheck for being overzealous?  That will make prosecuters more cautious when they charge ahead with stuff like that.

What astounds me is that there was no concern by anyone in the story about the computer security habits of the users, nor of any concern about the inherent vulnerabilities of the operating systems of the users.  Seems like everyone just accepts it as if it's okay and focus more on the end result which is the child porn.

If anything the story should have been centered around the users' computer habits, and the swiss cheese operating system that made this possible.

This is why I run Linux and I refuse to be held hostage by Windows viruses that target the weak security of the platform.