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Former Democratic Illinois State Representative Keith
Farnham, 67, of Elgin, has pulmonary fibrosis and is expected to
have only a few months to live, according to court documents.
U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang rejected a defense request that
Farnham be allowed to remain on electronic home detention for
six months to give him the chance to die at home.
Chang, in a hearing at a Chicago suburban courthouse, ordered
Farnham to report to prison on May 19.
Farnham resigned his seat in the Illinois General Assembly last
March, less than a week after federal agents seized his
computers.
Farnham admitted that on Nov. 25, 2013, he sent an email from a
computer in his Elgin office with the following message: "do you
trade. This is what I lik." Farnham attached two files to the
email that he knew contained child pornography, according to the
plea agreement.
Federal agents found 2,765 images of child pornography on
Farnham's computers and electronic storage devices. Many of the
images were graphic in nature and involved sexual acts with
children as young as 2 years old, the plea agreement said. Some
of the images involved sadistic conduct and depictions of
violence.
(Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Bill Trott)
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