California.
Friends of mine have claimed to visit porn sites, which have all (from what they have said) been verified to only show models above 18 (and even have the United States Code disclaimer that all models are 18 or older). None of the websites advertise, attempt to advertise, or state to have child porn or anything other than models above 18. The websites (again I have not seen any of these) all are very "normal," and are regularly accessible (meaning they show up very easily on google searches or whatnot) and cater only to adults looking for adults.
Anyhow, they have some concern that its theoretically possible that a model might have been underage and thus they would have viewed child porn.
I'm not sure what to tell them, I did a little legal research and found that it does not matter at all, just by having gone to a site, as legit as it may be, could bring a charge. While they may plea it out or get a good enough attorney to reduce it or drop it if they can really show it was truly an accident, but the DA (or DOJ) could still bring a charge.
Short of destroying their computer, is there anything they can do? Would destroying the computer even adsolve them?
As mentioned, I'm an attorney, but not a criminal attorney, so I come here for a bit of help.

