Jian Cai was scheduled to go to trial on Monday, Oct. 2, in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne, but a motion to delay the trial was filed after the defense hired additional counsel and it will now take place on Oct. 31.
Friday, prosecutors amended the penalties for production of child pornography from a minimum of 35 years of imprisonment to automatic life imprisonment.
The case started in November when the Sheridan Sheriff's Office called the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation about two girls claiming they had been exploited.