A former chairman of internal medicine at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth was sentenced Tuesday to three years and six months in prison after pleading guilty last summer to possessing child pornography.
James Young-Jin Shin of Southlake (right) received his sentence at a federal court in Dallas.
He pleaded guilty in July to downloading pictures and videos that included depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Shin, a native of Korea, was also fined $25,000 and may be deported when he is released from prison, authorities say. He could also lose his medical license.
In September 2007, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent acting on a lead from the agency's cyber-crimes unit in Washington D.C., went to Shin's home, according to court documents.
He allowed agents to inspect his computer and admitted having the illegal materials, the documents state.
Read more in this report by Staff Writer Kate Gorman.
This fiend should have his medical license revoked, then deported without the citizens of this country putting him up in any prison. He should be placed in a small boat six miles from the NORTH Korean shore as far from South Korea as possible. His hands and feet should be shackled and weighted with concrete. The water around his boat should be seeded with hundreds of pounds of shark chum and his boat should then be riddled with hundreds of holes. And all this should be recorded and shown to every immigrant doctor allowed to practice in the US.
Posted by: P H D | November 25, 2008 at 09:20 PM
Yes, strip him of his licenses to practice,his citizenship if he has it and deport him with no chance of ever re-entry into the United States.What is wrong with people? How in the world can anyone feel lust,desire or any kind of sexual attraction to a child!? I
Posted by: Robin L Friedel | November 26, 2008 at 08:57 AM
This is very disturbing. He should definately be deported and his license should have already been suspended. Scared to think that a dr who looks at child porn could possibly have patients that are children. Sickening.....
Posted by: Mona | November 26, 2008 at 12:32 PM